My Easter message appears in Tasmania’s three major newspapers\u00a0today, ‘Of cracked pots and Easter’:<\/p>\n
Holidays are great.\u00a0<\/p>\n
To set your envy juices flowing, I have just had eight weeks of holidays. Can you forgive me for that? Forgiveness is a good Easter motive.<\/p>\n
Eight weeks holidays and we went away just once: to Tasmazia<\/a>, an iconic Tasmanian experience of mazes, lavender and the Village of Lower Crackpot<\/a>.<\/p>\n I declare an interest: I am a member of Clan Crackpot. I wore my Crackpot tartan tie for the day, and am also the Bishop of Lower Crackpot. The Village Motto is \u2018Fractis Sed Utilis\u2019, which translates, \u2018broken but still useful\u2019, which a cracked pot is.<\/p>\n This motto holds belief, meaning. The village founders\u2019 idea, \u2018broken but still useful\u2019, shaped their work and perseverance.<\/p>\n Ideas are important. Ideas shape behavior.<\/p>\n During my holiday I reread Viktor Frankl\u2019s \u2018Man\u2019s Search for Meaning\u2019 which relates his experiences as a Nazi concentration camp inmate. He concludes that holding a belief is what gives a person the strength to go on \u2013 even amongst suffering and death.<\/p>\n Ideas shape life. What we believe matters. Ideas have consequences. Ideas shape deeds.<\/p>\n Easter belief holds life-giving meaning.<\/p>\n The mutilated body on a cross of wood outside the city wall holds meaning. The idea that evil exists is shown to be real: just look at that cross!\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n Love exists. The person on the cross gave his life for the good of others, of us; hence, \u2018Good Friday\u2019. \u00a0<\/p>\n The idea, the reality, of God who suffers with us and for us, gives meaning to life.<\/p>\n The empty tomb gives meaning: death is not the end. Jesus Christ has victory over death.<\/p>\n The life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ give meaning to life.<\/p>\n In Christ we are \u2018broken but still useful\u2019, children of God walking in hope in a chaotic world.<\/p>\n May this resurrection hope bring meaning and renewed life\u00a0this Easter.<\/p>\n Also,\u00a0Easter message: Healing through forgiveness<\/a>\u00a0 and\u00a0\u00a0The weekend that changed the world<\/a>\u00a0 and\u00a0 Chocolate Easter Bunny with a Difference<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" My Easter message appears in Tasmania’s three major newspapers\u00a0today, ‘Of cracked pots and Easter’: Holidays are great.\u00a0 To set your envy juices flowing, I have just had eight weeks of holidays. Can you forgive me for that? Forgiveness is a … Continue reading