I've just begun reading a new book - an author I've been encouraged to read for some time now - Peter Rollins. The book is Insurrection.

In Rollins' introduction, he expresses his wish too introduce what he refers to as "pyro-theology." He goes on to state that a flaw in many of our reform movements in the church have been in our desire to "return to the early church." Be it the church before Emperor Constantine, the church prior to Neo-Platonism, or the church pre-Paul - "such moves, however, fall short, not because they go back too far, but because they feal to go back far enough."

Rollins concludes, then; "The truly revolutionary move is not to chart a return to the early Church, but to the event that gave birth to the early church."

Thus, his title, Insurrection - a evolved affirmation of the importance in my view - the urgency of our focus on the resurrection as pivotal moment in history, not only for Christianity, but for the world.

I've had that general theme on my mind ever since Easter Sunday. It's certainly not a new thought that we all too often leave our celebration of Christ's resurrection quarantined to that one day a year when we flower up the sanctuary and wear our Easter best. The week after is "Low Sunday" in the church, and it goes downhill from there. Only when Christmas comes, do we find a little time for joy.

They key, of course, is not merely celebrating the resurrection - but actually living our lives as if the resurrection was - and is - true . . . as if Easter really happened.

I'm looking forward to this read - to the opportunity for me - and my congregation - to dabble a little bit in the insurrection inherent in the resurrection.

It's something to think about, anyway. Until then . . . .

                                                                                         Shalom

                                                                                                                Dave