It's a little after 8 am and I've taken a seat in the mall starbucks to process the day ahead and to look for God. Yesterday my sons and I had a conversation about the Easter Bunny and whether or not it's a "secular" (my eldest son's word - which tells me this is what he heard about the bunny) or sacred event. Leave it to his Dad to counter conventional church teaching, but I'm nothing if not consistent.
We talked about the Easter Bunny as a German tradition that celebrated the end of Lent. See, the bunny (or, the Osterhase if we are speaking of Germans) brought you the things you lost over the Lenten fast such as chocolate and yes, eggs. And what's more, he would bring them decorated! Got to love a bunny that goes the extra mile!
When the rabbit arrived, it marked the end of suffering and the welcoming of a new day.
Kinda like Jesus.
If we are willing to allow all good things to be God's good things. (I'm even ok with the fact that the word "Easter" is an anglo version of a German fertility goddess...I know it was one of God's good ideas). Anyway, if we allow all truth to be in the heart of God we can receive the Giant Holiday Hare as a symbol of the real thing. Just as the Bunny comes to end our suffering and give us good things, kids, so in real life Jesus comes into our Lent, breaks through the dark, and returns to us all that sin took from us - including chocolate bunnies.
So...I'm going to finish my coffee, put on my big, furry suit, and go be the best Jesus I can be.
Amen.
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