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Dear Friends,

After Easter, right up until Pentecost, the Church continues to celebrate Jesus’ resurrection and the new life in Christ that God offers to all.

This new life may seem abstract and intangible but help and evidence is available. The burst into life and growth of trees and flowers and newborn lambs gambolling in fields remind us of new life, renewal and God’s love for creation. I am amazed at how forgiving nature is. Despite our abuse of the natural world, we continually see signs of renewal and new life.

These visible signs of new life and God’s love are vital in our uncertain and volatile times when the world is a violent and unforgiving place. Our world hasn’t always been like that, and I found the recent photographs from the Artemis 2 rocket of planet earth a throwback to calmer times.

During this post-Easter period, the resurrection of Jesus Christ, his promise to be with us always and these signs of new life in God’s wonderful creation can support and enable us to face the uncertainty with hope.

Hope is another abstract and intangible aspect of faith, hope is about trusting in God and God’s promises as well as acknowledging the power of God at work in the world even when, especially when the world is not in tune with Jesus’ way of living and loving.

Trusting in God’s promises brings us back to our starting point the resurrection of Jesus Christ as after the resurrection when Jesus and his disciples meet in Galilee, he tells his disciples and us that he will be with them to the end of the age.

I hope and pray that we all continue to hope trust and live in God’s love.

Alison