And people wonder why we fled the Diocese of Niagara.<\/p>\n
From here<\/a> (page 6):<\/p>\n The Reverend Dr. Wayne Fraser is Interim Pastor at St.Paul’s (you remember, St. Paul the fellow who said \u201cif Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain and your faith is in vain.\u201d That puts Reverend Dr. Wayne Fraser\u2019s preaching into perspective, at least) Dunnville and can be reached at fr*********<\/span>@***<\/span>il.com<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Rev. Wayne Fraser thinks the resurrection of Jesus never happened. Apparently, if we disbelieve in the central tenet of Christianity, \u201cour eyes are opened to see so much more\u201d. We can see that Christianity is essentially political, we can recite … Continue reading ![\"\"](\"https:\/\/anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/2019-04-25_141249.jpg\")
When I became an adult, I realized the Sunday School teacher had been right. A physical resuscitation of a human body is impossible. The heart will not accept what the brain rejects. What do we celebrate on Easter morning? Without insistence on physical resuscitation, our eyes are opened to see so much more. Understanding the political and religious contexts of the execution of Jesus by Rome, we see the injustice of the state and the courage of the Anointed One to speak Truth to Power. \u201cWhat is Truth?\u201d Pilate asked, unable or unwilling to see it plainly standing before him. Freed from a literal reading of the gospel accounts of a physical Resurrection, we see the growing enlightenment of the disciples and experience the deep symbolism of the Easter story. We become Resurrection people, enabled to confront injustice where we find it, to love our neighbours as ourselves, to clothe the naked, feed the hungry and befriend the stranger. No longer having to believe the Crucifixion as a propitiation for the sins of the whole world, we can rejoice in the Original Blessings of this life and the At-one-ment of the Indwelling Spirit. Love over and around us lies and we can tap into that source of strength as Jesus did to forgive seventy times seven, to begin anew when we err and to nourish abundant life for all creation. On Easter we can sing together, \u201cPraise with elation, praise every morning, God\u2019s recreation of the new day.\u201d And we can greet one another, \u201cAlleluia! Christ is Risen<\/p><\/blockquote>\n