This is the first time humans will have travelled beyond low Earth orbit since Apollo 17 in 1972, and, due to the moon’s current orbit, will see mankind travel further from Earth than ever before, breaking the record held by a member of the infamous Apollo 13 mission in 1970.

While rockets of destruction fly across the Middle East, a rocket of endeavour and hope in the human spirit has vaulted off from this tiny blue planet into the vast expanse of God’s creation. In the darkness of a broken world, we catch glimpses of mankind made in God’s image, coming together in hope and aspiration – echoes of Eden.

As I said to our Secondary students this week, in a time of world turmoil, conflict and unrest, Easter couldn’t have come at a better time. A welcome reminder of the sacrifice that Jesus made for us on the cross, and the victory He achieved over death through His resurrection.

In some of his last words to the apostles before his arrest and crucifixion, Jesus said to his disciples: “I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.” [John 16:33]

Jesus has overcome. He is Risen indeed!

Mr David Stonestreet
Principal