So, what happens next?

Easter Sunday here at Park was beautiful, wasn’t it?

The music, the Spirit, the gathering of faces I’ve come to love—many of you have shared with me how the energy of that day stayed with you. I’ve felt that too.

But I’ve also found myself wondering this week: Yes! “Christ is risen, Christ is risen indeed!” as we say. 

So what happens next? 

Not just what’s next on the calendar (though there’s plenty coming up). What’s next for us as a resurrection people?

I shared with you on Sunday that resurrection isn’t just personal. It’s not only about individual hope or private freedom. It’s about bringing a community into existence that didn’t exist before. That’s what resurrection does.

We know that the early church didn’t simply believe in the resurrection—they experienced it, not just in their own lives but in the lives of people around them.

And… they practiced it.

They showed up for each other.
They shared their resources.
They wept with those who wept.
They celebrated together.
They found ways to embody Christ’s hope in real, tangible ways.

And that’s still what resurrection calls us to today.

It shapes how we treat our neighbor.
How we respond to suffering.
How we move beyond self-interest to seek the flourishing of others in our society.

In other words, resurrection is wrapped in community. It pulls us out of isolation and binds our lives to one another in holy, life-giving ways—calling us to see the body of Christ in the bodies that make up the church…and the bodies that make up our world.

So here’s what I’m sitting with this week: Where is resurrection showing up between us—in the life we share as a community?

And where might the life given to you by the risen Christ become life you give away?

I’d love to hear where that’s happening for you. Or where you hope it could.

Because Easter isn’t fully Easter until the life it gives you becomes life you give away.

Much love,

Pastor Gregg