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A green stole on Easter? Has the dean lost her liturgical mind?! Not at all.
This beautiful stole was gifted to me in the middle of our Easter Sunday service by Sunday Council. It is an artistic masterpiece crafted by Christina LaBerge, and it was made to match the beautiful square-altar frontal the cathedral inherited from the Chapel of St. John at Episcopal Divinity School.
Green may not be the official color for Easter Day, but a green stole points us to a crucial aspect of what it means to be Easter people. Sure, "Love has come again like wheat that springeth green." But just as importantly, wheat and crocuses and seaweed and wisteria are manifestations of the infinite expression and reach of divine Love. If we are to be "an Easter people," we must work for Resurrection for all of God's creation and know our lives to be inextricably, intimately interconnected with it. Our false sense of being separate from creation has led to enormous loss and to a heretical violation of God's grace. Our call is to love the wheat that springeth green, as God does.
There are so many ways to do this and to deepen our spiritual commitment to doing it. Check out all these opportunities and resources. Check out this webinar coming up with my friend and mentor Samuel Torvend. Check out the tree in your backyard and the walking path in your neighborhood. Check out Love, which always comes again, within us and around us.
Dean Amy
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