 The first item of business this afternoon is Time for Reflection, and our Time for Reflection leader today is Reverend Canon Sarah Shaw, Christchurch Falkirk. Presiding Officer, Members of the Scottish Parliament, it is a great honour for me to be here today and to be able to address you in person, not remotely or as a hologram or something. In the Easter season, Christians celebrate this, that God made us for life, not death. A new and eternal life for all people is made possible through the life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. But Easter shouldn't be thought of as a one-off or past event, but as a way of understanding our world and God's action in our world. The hope of resurrection is God's hope, not to be owned or appropriated by some, but is God's will for the whole world. And we see signs of it all the time, even in the midst of the horror we may feel at the darkness of our world and in such troubling times that we are in. The events of that first Easter were extraordinary, and they tell us all we need to know about God's will for creation and for all people. God was saying then and says to us now, you may be anxious or afraid, but be assured fear and violence and pain and sickness and even death will not have the last word. I think of Geoffrey Stuttgart Kennedy, known as Woodbine Willie, the Anglican priest and poet. He was a chaplain to soldiers during World War I on the Western Front. He wrote of the terrible things he saw first hand yet. At the same time, he knew that through the cross and resurrection of Christ, God had overcome all of that. These clouds are lies, he wrote. The blue sky is the truth. Does that seem like wishful thinking? Perhaps until we reconsider that resurrection miracles happen every day when someone forgives another person and a broken relationship is restored. When people open their homes to refugees they've never met because it's the right thing to do. When in spite of rising pressure on household bills people reach out with generosity to others in need. And when those who are in a position of power and influence speak out or take action against what would be the popular or the expedient thing. These are resurrection miracles. Resurrection wasn't and isn't a one-off event but a way of life and a hopeful calling for all of us.