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vzzzzrstei r rfv23sasbasebh saas 14 stouflvme suntribune thursday april 5 2007 is easter just another long weekend be part of the most advertised j website in york region yorkregioncom ithe community site for residents business owners md visitors its all hereyork regions best business directory a handy events calendar jobs real estate listings breaking news 3 times a day and so much more if youre looking to grow your business advertising with yorkregioncom should be an essential pah of your marketing mix call us today to see how easy it is to create a strong resultsdriven online advertising campaign and experience why our users feel that yorkregioacom is the 1 community website in york region providing affordable internet solutions for businesses mimii contort dawna andrew yorkregionccom mtmshwowaun it clicks homo dandtrettojcn for more fnformatiod even if you dont go to church this holiday can still connect on a spiritual level easter makes me smile it probably makes you smile too since its the reason we have a long weekend coming up but i have another reason whereas christmas as a reli gious hojiday was long ago bought packaged and cleverly m announcement ryan straughan is now a member of our sales and leasing team please drop by for a viewing of our great product line and ryan will be more than happy to assist you dean watson auto sales ltd hwy 47 uxbridge d 9058523313 jeep qijuq dodgi bob stewart retires from williamson after 45 years bob joined williamson in february 1962 and became well known within the industry for his formidable automotive diagnostic knowledge gm canada recog nized bobs stature as a 45 year grand master technician guild member a five time national handson competition winner and techguild council delegate the williamson team would like to lln thank bob for his dedication and wish wluuuilsoil him all the best in his retirement cinxh marketed by the retail council of canada easter still carries the whiff of something spiritual that our superficial moneyobsessed culture cant destroy all the bunnies and painted eggs in the world doesnt change the fact good friday isnt called that just because a majority of us get the day off it and the week end that follows stands like a sen tinel of something dramatic important and mysterious easter is the culmination of the christian story it recalls a time when jesus christ consid ered by most christians to be the son of god was executed and then restored to life the story is sung in ancient hymns and new pop songs explored in speeches and re- enacted through plays around the planet but what about the millions who dont understand this yet are spiritual enough to sense some thing is different about this com ing weekend i do think theres a universal message in the easter story says warren mcdougall a minister at richmond hill united church adds ken davis pastor of the olive branch in markham with out getting into details the fan tastic message is love wins mr mcdougall sees the easter story in two parts the horrible frank king crucifixion of jesus by political and religious opponents and his resurrection a few days later the crucifixion is kind of the hard part because what good can come from nailing someone to a cross mr mcdougall asks then he answers himself the cross can be seen by anyone and everyone as a metaphor for giving yourself away to your neigh bour community or world to set aside our egos and selfishness for a greater good which is what most christians believe jesus did the instinct is to preserve yourself and yet the counter instinct is generosity with your life and soul mr davis says jesus said if you want to be great serve and the people we consider truly great are those who truly serve he notes an amazing irony in the crucifixion a favoured style of execution in the ancient roman empire if you reduce everything to a phrase its the weak becoming the new strong how else do you explain how a perfected killing method is put on buildings and around peoples necks for all its blackness mr mcdougall notes the sacrificial theme in the crucifixion is a healthy paradigm for our ethical choices because i want my world to be a better place the resurrection whether or not you believe it happened is easier to understand its about good overcoming evil life overcoming death and that transformation is possible even from negative things mr mcdougall explains im sure almost every other faith has a story or parable about transformation for bob hemming pastor of springvale baptist church in whitchurchstouffville the entire weekend can be seen through the lens of hope underneath everybodys looking for a chance to start again to take a golfstyle mulli gan easter is an opportunity to reflect on the fact that god is a god of second chances rank king is an assistant editor with the york region media group he welcomes comments at 1kingrmgcom inserts for thurs april 5 2007 canadian tire perkin home hardware cystic fibrosis sobeys pattern interlocking 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