Reflections for

Resurrection of the Lord, Apr 05, 2015

Acts 10:34-43 or Isaiah 25:6-9; Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24; 1 Corinthians 15:1-11 or Acts 10:34-43; John 20:1-18 or Mark 16:1-8

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Now can we sing?

The Easter response

Mar 23, 2010 by William H. Willimon

We Christians believe that we have a moral obligation to point to the pain that the rest of the world can’t see. Others may stroll past the suffering, but we stop and stare, take up an offering, make an appeal and collect blankets, sighing as we do our bit to alleviate some of the misery. That life may not actually be rotten in our part of the world today only increases our guilt for our occasional lapses into joy. How dare we sing when others are sufffering?

Living by the Word

Ever coming toward us

John 20:1-18

Apr 07, 2009 by Frank G. Honeycutt

In his collection of poems titled After the Lost War, Andrew Hudgins chronicles the life of a Confederate soldier during and just after the Civil War. In “What Light Destroys,” the soldier fondly recalls a camping trip he once took with his four sons.

Blogging Toward Sunday

Say what needs to be said

Acts 10:34-43; Mark 16:1-8; 1 Corinthians 15:1-11

Apr 06, 2009 by Kenneth H. Carter Jr.

I remember a man at a congregation I once served who was an accomplished house painter and a member of the choir. He was also a man of few words, but when he spoke I listened. One day he said in passing, "You know, Ken, on big services like Christmas and Easter, you don't need to try so hard.

From the Editors

Bones of contention

The nature of the resurrection

Mar 20, 2007

An old joke has a graduate student giving the news to the great theologian Paul Tillich: “They’ve discovered the bones of Jesus!” To which Tillich replies, in his thick German accent, “So he really did exist!” Christianity began with reports of an empty tomb and appearances of a risen Lord. For St.

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Miracle market

Mark's enigmatic ending

Apr 18, 2006 by John Dart

So they went out and fled from the tomb, for terror and amazement had seized them; and they said nothing to anyone, for they were afraid.
—Mark 16:8

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