Every year about this time, we revel in greenery, flowers, and warmth as spring bursts forth in the northern hemisphere. In this time of burgeoning beauty, promise and energy, there is Easter, linked to age-old spring celebrations but with a different message.

Or not. Easter is, after all, about rebirth—of life renewed despite the past, despite death. What do we need to find ourselves renewed, and regenerated? Where does nature offer insight for this project?