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Easter Greetings! Christ is Risen! He is Risen indeed! First of all, let me say thank you to the many people who were involved in the events of the last week. Many hearts and hands prayed for, planned and prepared for, and participated in the events and worship services during Holy Week and Easter. Greeters, acolytes, dancers, choirs, Altar Guild, Andrew Ministers, ushers, Stations of the Cross volunteers, communion servers, staff and many more gave of their time and gifts to help us celebrate anew the resurrection. Thank you! On the wall in my office is a picture with the following words from Galatians 5, "The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control." This picture is a daily reminder for me of how God wants me to live. With our vision at BUMC of "living like Jesus, and bringing joy to God" I've been doing a lot of thinking about what it really means to live like Jesus lived - not in the way of culture or social norms like walking from village to village in a robe and sandals, or eating fish and flatbread cooked on an open fire, but living like Jesus did in thought, word and deed; to show love, be patient, use self-control, and so on. Carlo Carretto has written "Each of us is called to follow Jesus in his footsteps. And our greatness on this earth is precisely the fact that we are called to live the same life of Jesus." As I study the scriptures, and learn about how Jesus lived, I am struck by the notion that living like Jesus is as much about our attitude as it is our actions. It might be more about who we are than what we do.