Sunrise Easter service at zoo inspires congregants

The congregation could see the eastern sky morph from night to washed-out pink to the palest yellow behind the Rev. Sarah Palsma on Easter morning as she recounted the biblical narrative of Mary Magdalene finding Jesus' tomb empty and then encountering Jesus himself. Through a wall of windows around 7:15 a.m., the sun peeking over the hillside illuminated the scrubby brush of the Columbus Zoo’s Heart of Africa exhibit. This summer, giraffes, zebras and ostriches will roam there, but only a