A Celebration of Emptiness

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In many ways, this Easter will be like no other that most of us have experienced. On Sunday, churches in China and all over the world are supposed to be filled with people celebrating the empty tomb.

Instead, this year they will be empty, and that brings with it a certain sadness.

Yet, even as we mourn the emptiness of our church buildings, we still celebrate the emptiness of the grave. Easter is, after all, a celebration of emptiness. If the grave were not empty, we would have no hope.

Everything hinges on the emptiness of the tomb.

As you and your family celebrate Easter this year, may the sadness of your empty church building remind you of the joy of the empty tomb.

On behalf of the ChinaSource team, Happy Easter!

Christ is Risen!

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Joann Pittman

周寧現任華源協作夥伴關係與中國事工副總裁,並擔任《每週中國快訊》(ZGBriefs)編輯。 加入華源協作之前,周寧曾在中國工作 28 年,期間擔任過英語教師、語言學生及專案主任,也為在中國工作的機構與企業提供跨文化培訓。她曾在明尼蘇達州的西北大學(University of Northwestern–St. Paul)教授中文,並在惠頓學院(Wheaton College)及泰勒大學(Taylor University)教授中國文化與溝…