Easter as a Call, Not a Memory

Easter is not a moment to be located on a calendar or a memory to be preserved from the past. It is a proclamation that meets us in the now—a word that cuts through time, not with the report of something that once occurred, but with the force of something that is always happening. It does not invite us to believe in a supernatural occurrence, but to be encountered by a reality that redefines all existence.

Resurrection is not about returning to life as it was, but about being called into life as it truly is. It speaks not to the logic of explanation, but to the experience of transformation. It is the word that breaks into our closed systems—into our fears, failures, and self-enclosed worlds—and opens a path where none seemed possible. Easter is the unveiling of a radical newness that cannot be contained within the categories of the past or the expectations of the present.

This newness is not provable or visible in conventional terms. It is not something we observe—it is something we undergo. It is the moment when the old self, shaped by anxiety and self-preservation, is confronted by a grace that demands surrender and gives birth to freedom. It is the call to trust not in what we can hold onto, but in what seizes us and draws us beyond ourselves.

To speak of resurrection, then, is to speak of a turning point in the heart of the one who hears. It is not a doctrine to be accepted or rejected, but a summons that confronts us here and now: Will we remain in the tombs we have built for ourselves, or will we walk into the light that calls us forward? Easter is the word that this call is real, and it is happening now.