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The Discipline of Easter Monday
Easter is the season of the church built on the resurrection. And hopefully we’ve spent time preparing to do the work now!
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Another Word for Joke – humor and the resurrection
There is something wonderfully humorous in the resurrection story, which reveals so much about what life itself is really about.
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The greatest gift — remembering the daily grace of God
In gathering at night for the Great Vigil of Easter, we are able to embody the remembering of Holy Week with love and gratitude.
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Called by name—for Easter
Recognizing the risen Jesus seems like it should be easy for those who knew him best. So why can’t Mary recognize him…at first?
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“Rabbouni!” — exclaiming the intimacy of the resurrection
When Mary finally recognizes Jesus after the resurrection, she calls him “Rabbouni,” the title she knows him by — as we might know him.
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Between Easter 6 and 7 (Year B)
As we approach the end of Easter, we are confronted by the teaching Jesus offers—to keep loving long after he is gone—but instead we worry.
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Remember he already told us this would happen
Throughout the Easter stories, Jesus reminds the disciples that he predicted his own death—and he connect it to our faith today.
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Between Easter 1 and 2 (Year B)
In the first of the resurrection stories in John, we are confronted by questions we generally avoid in church about faith, fear, and identity.