Annie Johnson Flint wrote this great poem about Easter.

Some of us stay at the cross,

some of us wait at the tomb,

Quickened and raised with Christ

yet lingering still in the gloom.

Some of us ‘bide at the Passover feast

with Pentecost all unknown,

The triumphs of grace in the heavenly place

that our Lord has made His own.

If the Christ who died had stopped at the cross,

His work had been incomplete.

If the Christ who was buried had stayed in the tomb,

He had only known defeat,

But the way of the cross never stops at the cross

and the way of the tomb leads on

To victorious grace in the heavenly place

where the risen Lord has gone.

Where are you? Take a moment and reflect on that. Hopefully this Easter you will accompany Jesus along the entire path he has gone. If you don’t have a church to attend, join me — 7 a.m. at the Reynolds Plantation Pointe Pavilion or 9 a.m. at the Reynolds Lake Club or at 10:30 a.m. at the Lake Welcome Center. All are welcomed. You and your family are specifically invited. Wishing you much love and much light.

The Rev. David W. Key, director of the Baptist Studies Program, is involved in recruitment, admissions, student life, counseling, placement, and development functions for Emory University’s Candler School of Theology. He teaches in the Contextual Education program. He is the founding pastor of the Lake Oconee Community Church at Reynolds Plantation. Contact him at (404) 727-6350 or dkey@emory.edu. His column appears weekly in this space.