I remember, and reflect on, three extraordinary Easters in 1986 (Kajiado, Kenya), 2010 (Salisbury Cathedral) and 2023 (Chesterton, Cambridge). Published first on Covenant https://covenant.livingchurch.org/2024/04/04/extraordinary-easters/ 4 April 2024 and republished with permission.

At St Andrew's Chesterton, Cambridge, our local church, I wrote three poems on Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter Day 2023: 'Confluence', 'Crossed', and 'Raid'. On Sunday 16 April 2023, I preached an All Age Sermon using them at the church. Video here. They were published originally on Covenant 17 April 2023 here.

The Ecumenical Procession up Upper Street, Islington, London on Good Friday 2009, culminated in St Mary's Church. A silk parachute was strung across scaffolding in the form of a crucified man. After the deposition, it wrapped the tree trunk Zimbabewean sculpture and was buried under the altar.

Stephen Perry, a BBC Radio 4 presenter, recorded our Good Friday Ecumencial Procession up Upper Street, Islington, London, to St Mary's Church. It was broadcast on the BBC Radio 4 Sunday programme, 20 April 2003.

A gallery of accompanying photos is here and the media presentation with music and photos is here. 

Bishop Graham reflects on Holy Week and Easter in his seventh Interweavings.