If, as the Christian scriptures make clear, God--the God who created the universe and everything in it--died, died, in the person of Jesus Christ, a death like every human being, but then after three days rose again, rose again to a new life, a life after a life that was once lived, a life which death would not end, a life that conquers life itself, a life greater than existence can possibly be--how can we, and the world, ever be the same?
     He is risen!