Easter provides a great opportunity to celebrate stewardship.  Why? 

Easter is one of the poignant displays of God's giving to us. We have a tremendous opportunity to respond to this gift by offering ourselves - our prayers, presence, gifts, witness, and service - to God. Some scholars might suggest that Easter is the defining moment of God's ceaseless ability to give.  God gave Jesus, God's own son, who died on a cross for our sake - yours and mine - for the forgiveness of sins and the gift of everlasting life.  Frankly, the Bible is sprinkled - no saturated - with stories of God's ability to give and give and give.  The Creation Story, Noah and the Flood, the Ten Commandments, the Birth Narrative of Jesus, and the Woman at the Well are among a few of these biblical depictions of God giving to us throughout the generations. 

I believe that we have a responsibility and an opportunity during this season of Easter to remind people that we are called to share with God by sharing with one another the bounty of God's gifts in our own lives.   However, consider what God might be calling you to give before you start reminding others of this responsibility or inviting them to consider this invitation.  God might be calling you to spend more time to your children.  God might be calling you to renew your own body through a Sabbath retreat.  God might be calling you to serve on a mission work team.  God might be calling you to invite a friend to church, or to lead a prayer team, or to volunteer at a homeless shelter, or to get out of debt, or to consider a major financial gift, or to reach out to a friend. 

If you're not sure where your opportunity lies, stay alert!  I'm confident that an opportunity to be a steward in the name of the One who died for us will arise along your Easter journey.