Tag: John 20:1-18

  • Mary and the power of showing up

    Mary and the power of showing up

    In the Easter story, Mary Magdalene offers a contrast to the competitive character of discipleship we too readily prefer.

  • Share the Love

    Share the Love

    The thing about faith is that we don’t just want to be better. We want to want to be better. And that is where the magic is.

  • The Resurrection Shouldn’t. But it is.

    The Resurrection Shouldn’t. But it is.

    Easter and expectations. The pressure of what we should do. Be perfect. Figure it all out. All of that is erased.

  • Before Christ is Risen

    Before Christ is Risen

    For Christians, the empty tomb is a strange image for Easter — we struggle with what God is actually giving us: the need to wrestle with Jesus’s absence before we can find him present. Mary confronts death before seeing new life Easter  | John 20:1-18 There is more to say than “Christ is Risen!” Not…