Season of Easter
What happens after Easter?
“In North American culture, Easter is one day. In the church's reckoning of time, it lasts for fifty days! The resurrection of our Lord is so significant that” the church’s “calendar of the Christian year gives nearly one-sixth of the year to pondering and praising God in light of the resurrection life of Jesus Christ among the disciples and in the world.” Daniel Benedict and Safiyah Fosua
East
er starts the season where we remember the time when the Risen Christ walked the earth and continued to teach and inspired his disciples - those committed to following him. The scriptures tell us this happening for 40 days (a number heavy with significance throughout the Bible) and that then for 10 days after Jesus' Ascension into heaven, the disciples waited. This combination of 50 days, led to the Celebration of Pentecost where the Holy Spirit came upon all the people and the church was born.
