Countercultural Christianity
For many people, Easter is one holiday among many, associated with bunnies, eggs, and even a trip to church. But for God’s people, Easter is a new way of life. The empty tomb creates a new people with a new set of values, concerns, habits, and hopes…all of which are in a sense countercultural in that they go against the our ingrained cultural values, concerns, habits, and hopes. Whether it’s the transition from individual freedom to the accountability of a community, or flakiness to faithfulness, the process can be messy. But it’s in this messy tension between old and new that we learn what it means to be Easter people.
