Easter has arrived early in a year when a General Election is anticipated.
“To elect” means to choose. This Easter holiday celebrates the greatest and most enduring choice our country ever made, in embracing Christianity more than a millennium ago.
It was a choice made not merely by the leaders of society but personally – in Baptism one by one – across a century and more.
This conversion of England is the choice which has shaped our values and laws and even how we see ourselves.
The choice of every Baptism – to turn away from evil and put our faith in Christ – is dramatically renewed by entire congregations on Easter night and morning.
