“I am the way, and the truth, and the life.” John 14:6

The Easter season doesn’t end on Easter Sunday morning. It continues – quietly and persistently, like the shift we now feel as spring gives way to summer. The days are growing longer, schools draw closer to their end, and plans for vacations and get togethers begin to take shape. Life seems to open up again, inviting us to move forward.

And yet, even in this season of light and growth, we carry questions. Some of them are small and practical. Others are heavy and complicated – questions about our families and friends, our future, our nation, and our world. Turn on the news or scroll through your phone, and you’ll see how uncertain things can feel. Political division deepens, global conflicts continue, and it’s easy to wonder where stability, or truth can be found.

So when we need answers, especially to the tough questions, where do we go? Many of us instinctively reach for Google or YouTube. Within seconds, we can access opinions, explanations, and advice on nearly anything. It feels efficient and immediate. But it’s worth remembering that not so long ago, finding answers required something more personal. You had to seek out another human being. You had to ask, listen, and trust. Wisdom was shared in relationship, not just discovered from an internet search

The Easter story reminds us that the answers we most deeply need aren’t just pieces of information, they’re found in a person. In the Gospel of John, we hear Jesus say, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life.” Notice what he doesn’t say. He doesn’t claim to simply give directions or offer truth as a set of ideas. He says that he is the way. the truth, and the life. When we’re searching, and really searching – for meaning, for guidance, for hope, we’re invited to not simply look things up, but to draw near to him.

After the resurrection, the disciples were filled with questions and uncertainty. The world they knew had been turned upside down. And yet, it was in encountering the risen Christ, walking with him, listening to him that their fear was transformed into courage and hope.

That same hope speaks to us today. It speaks when we’re overwhelmed by the noise of competing voices telling us what to believe. It speaks when we feel anxious about the future or are discouraged by the state of the world. It speaks in our everyday struggles – in the quiet worries we carry that no search engine can resolve.

As we move into the rhythms of summer – graduations, travel, and family time just to name a few – there’s an opportunity that lies before us. Not just to rest or to stay busy, but to reconnect. To sit with Scripture. To pray honestly. To talk with one another. To seek not only quick answers, but lasting truth.

Hope, after all, is not the absence of questions. It is the presence of Christ with us in the midst of them. Easter hope reminds us that we’re not alone in our searching. The risen Christ meets us where we are whether in moments of joy or uncertainty and gently calls us forward.

So when the tough questions come – and they most certainly will – I pray that we remember where to turn. Not only to the tools that give us information, but to the One who gives us life.

Peace be with you throughout this Easter season, and in all the questions and possibilities that lie ahead.

 Pastor Tony

(Reprinted from the May 2026 newsletter.)