Every spring, Adventists perform a quiet liturgy of our own.
The rest of Christianity buys lilies and books brunch.
We… move on.
Sabbath School covers the quarterly. The potluck happens. The resurrection gets a passing mention—if the pastor is feeling seasonal.
Which is strange. Because we believe the same thing they’re celebrating.
He died. The people who loved him buried him. And then the tomb was empty. Nobody could explain it. Everything changed forever.
That’s not a footnote. That’s the whole story.
Paul said if the resurrection didn’t happen, we are of all people most to be pitied.
He didn’t leave room for footnotes.
Adventists have good reasons for keeping some distance from the Easter industrial complex—the eggs, the brunch, the pastel everything.
That’s a legitimate conversation.
But somewhere in that distance, we’ve also learned how to lower the volume on the resurrection itself.
The empty tomb doesn’t need a holiday to be true.
But maybe it does need our attention.
You don’t have to buy the ham. You don’t have to sing the songs.
But this week, let yourself feel it:
Death didn’t win.
He is risen.
Regardless of what you’re having for lunch.
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