“Easter potato hunt” doesn’t have the same ring, somehow. This year, because prices have gone up so much, some celebrations are replacing dyed eggs with other small round objects for children to find. Recent news reports suggest dyed potatoes, painted rocks and plastic colored eggs are making appearances at gatherings across the country.

Maybe the substitutes will catch on. Egg prices are yet another symptom of the uneasy scarcity that’s afflicted us for most of this century. We’ve endured two decades of wars far away and endless wounding political combat at home. We’ve lived through a financial crisis, a pandemic and now the frantic dissembling of American institutions.   

We’re teaching ourselves to settle for less.

And, we’re tangled in an endless search for who’s to blame for what we’ve lost.

But we can choose another way. Scarcity doesn’t have to be our reality and fear our default setting. We can live for more.

Today is Easter — the reason for the egg (or, potato) hunts. On this day, Christians around the world celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. For 2,000 years Easter has served as the center of our faith because we believe this day also means new life for the whole world.  

Our Easter services are joyful. Everyone dresses up. People........

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