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The Tale of Two Easters
In our readings from Acts and John, we get two very different stories of the apostles responding to the risen Christ. But they both actually point to the same teaching. Luke and John reveal a false choiceEaster 2B | Acts 4:32-35, John 20:19-31 In Holy Week, we traced the last week of Jesus with the…
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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…
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Seeing the Lord
The resurrection and how Jesus wants to be known Easter | John 20:1-18 Earlier this week We have come to the end of a long, truly holy week. So much has happened in the story since we gathered last week (was it really only a week ago?) and many of us could benefit from…
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He Lives!
How the empty tomb provides all the ending we need The Great Vigil of Easter | Mark 16:1-8 He isn’t here They bought spices, then brought them to the tomb, to anoint him. Three women: Mary, Mary, and Salome. And they come out in the dark, shortly after the sun fades out of view on…