Out Our Way: What is finished?

Out our way, the Easter sales are over and all the unsold candy, chocolate bunnies and lilies are marked down. At the store where I work to supplement my income and help support my son and myself, the back room is filled with non-perishable Easter items to be sent back to the big warehouse. “It is finished,” says the manager and we move onto the next big sales event. Is that what Jesus meant in His last word from the cross?

For a good many folks who celebrate Easter in various ways, even having attended church last Sunday and enjoying the celebrations was just a momentary thing. After...