April 7, 2021
By Rev. Beth Bostrom
The yearly cycle of Holy Week reminds me of the deep rhythms of our own lives. As we move solemnly from Palm Sunday to Maundy Thursday to Good Friday and into a silent Saturday, we recall our own times of celebration, righteous anger, community, desperate prayer, exhaustion, betrayal, death and grief, and so much waiting.
The empty tomb of Easter morning comes to us much as it did to the women who were ready to serve in the midst of their grief as a bewildering hope we cannot fully understand. Easter reminds us not just of God’s power to transform individual lives, but also God’s power to transform our world.
Rev. Allison Mark is senior pastor of Faith United Methodist Church in Torrance, California.
Mariam Mengistie is executive director of missions at St. Luke’s United Methodist Church in Tampa, Florida.
Dr. Beverly Mitchell is professor of Historical Theology at Wesley Theological Seminary.
William Moore is executive director of The Eleanor Crook Foundation.
Carol Myers has been a Bread supporter since 1975. In a previous term on Bread’s board, she served as vice chair and on a committee to establish the endowment.
Dawn Pierce is a licensed practical nurse and community advocate.
The Right Rev. Frank Madison Reid, III is the ecumenical officer for the African Methodist Episcopal Church as well as Presiding Prelate of the Third Episcopal District.