FROM THE EDITOR

In Word And Deed

With Easter this month, the words of this issue of Connections point to the many different aspects of the core truth of our faith, the resurrection. The life that comes from Jesus alone is new, lasting, and always able to give us more than we can know or imagine. We see Easter expressed in both word and deed. So we can know. There is a certainty to the resurrection. When we know both the person of the resurrection and embrace the truth of the event itself, our lives are changed. And not only our lives, but also the world around us.

I commend to you the testimony of faith in this month’s “I BELIEVE” story from Alexander Lee on page 14. Or Pat Cirrincione’s journey from St. Patrick green and Easter bunnies to the reality of real Easter. Read of Ashley Anthony’s journey of faith from family faith to her embracing of truth that is both personal and eternal. Or there is Keith Bodger’s meditation on the weight of the cross.

This month we also look at milestones of local outreach. Celebrate Outreach’s 50th anniversary and the 20th anniversary of Run for the STARS as you read this issue. Reaching out beyond the walls of church is what Outreach and our run are about. You can also check options for outreach in our Sanctity of Human Life column.

Poetry fills this issue—from Anita Deyneka and Thoman Gaenzle and Richard Moomjian, our featured artist for this month.

There are countless aspects of resurrection life and truth. This April Connections is filled with just some of them. You surely have others. Think of them and then declare the good news of Jesus with others.

Happy Easter. Blessed spring.

Lastly this. From Kevin Casey and me and the participants in our Psalms workshop where we considered the Trinity:

Father, Son and Spirit, Rich in mercy, Slow to anger, Filled with steadfast love,

O Yahweh God.

Father, Son and Spirit, Our defender, Light of splendor, You’re the way, truth, life,

O Yahweh God.

Father, Son and Spirit, Ever present one, Glorifies the Son, Bringing joy, hope, life.

O Yahweh God.