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28 March, 2024
Easter reflection: Crisis? There is good news to celebrate
By Revd Darcy Vaughan ARE you struggling with the cost of living crisis? Insurance premiums are up, mortgage rates have spiked and everyday items seem to cost more than they should. Our politicians promise a solution, but it seems no one is certain...
By Revd Darcy Vaughan
ARE you struggling with the cost of living crisis? Insurance premiums are up, mortgage rates have spiked and everyday items seem to cost more than they should.
Our politicians promise a solution, but it seems no one is certain of the way out.
You may also be struggling with a bigger cost of living crisis. That is; the pain and suffering that seem so bound up in our lives. Loved ones who are unwell, friends who are struggling or the persistence of grief for those we have lost.
Sometimes it seems this suffering is just the great ‘cost of living’ we have to endure.
Easter is about the good news of God who has shared this experience with us, taking on human form, and in humility accepting death, even death on a cross. In the death and resurrection of Jesus we see that there is hope in the midst of the struggle to live.
That suffering and death will not always be with us, and that we may have a certain hope that this crisis has been overcome through the love of God.
Easter is such a joyous time of celebration! We get together with friends and family for a great time.
It is also a time to celebrate the wonderful news: Christ is risen! And has brought abundant life to all who would follow him.
Every blessing to you and yours this Easter,
Revd Darcy Vaughan is rector of the Anglican Parish of Inglewood and Maldon