The empty tomb. (Photo Courtesy of Council of Bishops)
Methodist Federal for Social Action | April 6, 2026
Easter doesn’t begin with certainty—it begins with grief, confusion, and a name spoken in love.
Mary stands at the tomb, expecting death to have the final word. The stone is rolled away, but she doesn’t yet understand what it means. It isn’t until Jesus calls her by name that everything changes. Resurrection becomes real not as an idea, but as an encounter.
That is the promise of Easter: that even when the world feels heavy with injustice, exclusion, and uncertainty, God is still calling life out of death—still calling us by name.
Resurrection is not just something that happened. It is something that is happening.
It happens every time love refuses to give up.
Every time justice rises where harm once ruled.
Every time communities come together to build something more equitable, more compassionate, more whole.
This is the work of the Methodist Federation for Social Action. As a movement rooted in justice and faith, we are called not only to witness resurrection, but to participate in it—to rise alongside those who have been pushed to the margins, to challenge systems of harm, and to build a church and world where all people are fully seen, affirmed, and loved.
We are resurrection people—not because the world is easy, but because we believe that death, despair, and injustice do not have the final word.
And more than that—we are called to live it.
To rise up where systems try to push people down.
To speak life where others sow fear.
To embody hope in tangible, visible ways.
The tomb is empty—but the world is still waiting.
MFSA Leader
Bridget Cabrera, executive director of Methodist Federation for Social Action. (MFSA Photo)
Bridget Cabrera (she/her/hers), is Executive Director of the Methodist Federation for Social Action. This reflection is republished from the MFSA newsletter.