It’s Good Friday and we know that death must precede resurrection. This is how I understood the principle…

This Easter weekend Bethany Anderson is reminded that sometimes, things have to die in order to come back to new life.

“Our Lord has written the promise of resurrection, not in books alone, but in every leaf in springtime.” ~ Martin Luther. 

Once, in Australia, I stumbled across a dead hummingbird on a walk in the morning sun. It’s feet were tucked quietly under its belly and the green iridescence of its top feathers was still shimmering. I cried. I cried because something beautiful was dead. I had a similar reaction when Princess Diana died, when 911 happened, when Notre Dame burned, and when my grandmother went on to be with Jesus.