In this message, Terry Timm teaches that Easter "begins in the dark," in real spaces of grief and confusion, just as Mary Magdalene comes to the tomb expecting death and misreads what she sees. When Jesus simply speaks her name, Mary discovers that resurrection is first a personal, transforming encounter rather than full understanding. Sent as the first witness of the risen Christ, she models how we too are met in our darkness by Jesus, the true Gardener of new creation, who calls us by name and sends us to share this good news.