Christ is risen! He is risen indeed!

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Not everyone knows that Easter is a Season and not just a day or a week. The Easter Season (also known as Eastertide and the Great Fifty Days) is a season from Easter Sunday to Pentecost in which we celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ.

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These last few days I’ve been waking up to the mournful coo-cooing of a mourning dove. So, when I get up out of bed, I go out on the patio and I tell that mourning dove not to sound so sad. It’s Easter! Christ is risen! It’s a great way to start my day.

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On Monday, my husband and I went to Ace to buy a bird feeder and suet in a hanging cage. When we came home, Chris set our bird feeder pole in the ground close to my window. I filled the bird feeder with bird feed and the suet cage with suet.

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In the morning, I still go out and fill the pan with fresh water and scatter some seeds and critter food on the ground. But now I have a close up view everyday. All I have to do is look up over my computer screen and there the birds are feeding.

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I can see their markings more clearly. Right now, as I look out the window, there is a bunch of starlings on the suet cage trying to shoo each other away with their yellow beaks and get to the suet.

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So far this morning I’ve seen a beautiful goldfinch pair pecking away at the seeds in the feeder. I’ve seen cardinals, purple finch, house finch and a dark eyed junco drinking the fresh water I put out every day.

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There are 6 squirrels on the ground right now, 2 of whom are chasing each other around the yard. Feeding on the ground are 2 mourning doves – one a bit smaller than the other. So I wonder if they might be a mating pair.

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My backyard is teeming with life. New Life – Resurrection Life. It’s as if all of creation is singing: Christ is risen. He is risen indeed.

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Yours in the journey,

Pastor Kristen