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Drew Downs
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In the light of the resurrection
In the resurrection story from Luke, we are reminded, not of the fear of the future, but of not knowing what to do—when we actually do.
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Drew Downs
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Continually in the temple blessing God
In the resurrection stories of Jesus appearing to his disciples, we confront our need for the physical and the spiritual resurrection.
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Drew Downs
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Going beyond belief—for Easter 3B
The challenge of this resurrection appearance is that we get caught up in the material and not in the experience of our own belief.
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Drew Downs
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Finding Grounded
The pandemic disrupts our sense of normal. Jesus invites us to join in the transformation because normal isn’t the point.
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Drew Downs
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A Paranormal Resurrection
For SundayEaster 3B Collect O God, whose blessed Son made himself known to his disciples in the breaking of bread: Open the eyes of our faith, that we may behold him in all his redeeming work; who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.…
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Being Present
While Easter stories rely on the absence of Jesus in the empty tomb, they also establish the presence of Jesus with the apostles to be the presence of Christ for each other. Easter and the returning presence of Jesus Easter 3B | Luke 24:36b-48 When someone tells me they like the prequels to Star Wars,…
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We are Witnesses
From the tomb to our lives Easter 3B | Luke 24:36b-48 The Physical Resurrection This moment we receive here in this third Sunday of Easter is another gospel treatment of the resurrection. At the vigil, we had Mark’s empty tomb, then on Sunday we had John’s empty tomb. Last week we had Jesus’s appearance to…