Fixing Easter
In these days of diminishing adherence to the Christian Churches nothing would be better witness than us all agreeing on the date for Easter, so that we would all celebrate the most important moment in the Christian calendar with one heart and mind.

Writing in AD 93, the Jewish historian Josephus calculated the date of the Passover in AD 33 and Christ’s appearance before Pilate in Jerusalem as being 3 April in the Julian calendar. So how about making the first Sunday after 3 April the fixed date for Easter? I can see no good reason for linking Easter to a moveable Jewish feast. An agreed date would make Easter more meaningful for the many Orthodox who live outside Orthodox countries.

Whatever date is chosen, it wouldn’t stop me from giving the lawn its first cut on Easter Monday.