Does Easter Have Meaning?

If you need to know the meaning of Easter you probably don’t need to know. And the message of Easter is whatever you want it to be. The Americans call it a holiday but not with the same meaning as the British use of the word — for us a holiday is a break from work. A religious festival being a holiday is just a coincidence. The origin of Easter, of course, lies in paganism. Its the festival of spring — of new birth. The church co-opted the…