Living Forward
Banff, Canada Photo by KLHayes N ot too many days ago we went through the annual daylight savings, clock changing routine. It's a time that interrupts our sleep and our rhythm. An adage I always recall is, "spring forward" and later in the year "fall back." Easter is a time to spring forward. I listened to a sermon on Sunday, and the priest pointed out that in one part of the Easter story we find Mary turning around. And these words caught my attention. In John 20, Mary approaches the tomb where Jesus was buried. She came early. I wonder why she came. Surely, she knew the tomb would be sealed and guarded, yet she decided to go. I’ve imagined how Mary the disciples may have been feeling around this time. They must have felt perplexed, disappointed, confused, dumb struck with all that had occurred within just a few days. The emotional high of celebrating Passover with Jesus to the emotional low of watching him die. But Mary came and saw the tomb was
