...One of the worst things about grief is that life doesn't stop for it. You may be emotionally broken, crumbling, incapable of action, uncertain of your direction. But the bills must be paid. You must go to work. The meals must be prepared and the laundry done. Others are not grieving - though you would find silence more fitting, the world shouts and shoves just the same.

Easter seems to pass almost unnoticed in Ann Arbor, and in many places in our nation now. The grief of Good Friday is even less acknowledged. On that Sabbath day long ago those who grieved for Jesus did it all alone. But their grief prepared them for the day to follow.

On the next morning, early, the faithful women who go alone to the graveyard. No crowds followed them to honor Jesus. And they received the gift - the surprise - of Jesus' resurrection. Even if no one else prepares today - even if no one in the world goes with you tomorrow - go yourself and find what God has prepared for you.