The focus of Easter for so many Christians is resurrection, atonement, and eternal life. “Jesus is alive; therefore, I can live forever.” I don’t know that I can embrace that concept in literal terms anymore, but I do still hold on to hope. I don’t know what God is or if there is any existence for me after death. I don’t know if there is anything supernatural to believe in at all. But I do hold out hope that there is something more to me than body and consciousness; that there is some connection between me and the rest of the universe; that there is some force or intelligence that somehow brings all life together. I may not know what to believe, but in some ways, I do hope there is something to believe in.
