Friends, Lent is over.

As a church, we’ve spent this sacred season wrestling with deconstruction—what it means to gently, honestly take apart a faith that may have been handed to us in pieces that no longer fit, and to begin rebuilding something more durable, more vibrant, more expansive. Not a faith rooted in fear, but one grounded in truth. Not something brittle, but something alive.

And today is Easter.

Today, we remember that what we are building is not a system of rules or a list of boundaries. It is not small, and it is not fragile. It is a living freedom—a hope that does not collapse under doubt, a love that is not undone by questions.

This is the kind of faith that walks through death and comes out the other side.

This is resurrection.

Passage: John 20:11-18 CEB