He is risen indeed.
About this great mystery, I have not much to say. As I said yesterday, I hesitate to rush too quickly out of Holy Saturday and into Easter Sunday. But if Christ be risen, the whole world has changed and is changing.
For those who struggle with belief in Resurrection on a more intellectual level, I […]
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Holy Saturday is generally the most overlooked day in the Passion week. It is the day of groaning, of living between death and life; between Cross and Resurrection.
I have done a very poor job this year of observing anything like a Lenten penitence, of entering into the drama of the God who came in Christ to […]
There are many things in following Jesus that defy explanation. The Resurrection of Jesus is one of those very things. I believe in the Resurrection because I have faith in Jesus. I have faith in Jesus because he met me; became real to me and turned my life upside down (or right side up?).
In some strange […]
I got to WCV on Saturday night, ready to join in the worship watch leading up to Easter Sunday. I found Nathan C. playing his djembe on the back steps, interceding for the working girls.
I joined Nathan in the rhythm of prayer and play.
Just like our hands, the passage of time became blurry.
A new friend hobbled up and, […]
This is truly the best news that the world could hope for. I wish I lived more like I believed it.
After the Sabbath, as the first light of the new week dawned, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to keep vigil at the tomb. Suddenly the earth reeled and rocked under their feet as God’s […]
