Easter Sunday (Year 2, NL)
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Easter in a brutal world
How can we proclaim any sort of hope right now? We aren’t the first Christians to wrestle with this question.
Trauma at the tomb
I understand why Mark’s editors added to his ending. Still, I wish they hadn’t.
For Mark, Easter begins in trembling
The bewilderment of the women at the tomb gives way to a hope that overturns power, shame, and death itself.
The heft of a pulpit Bible
As I pressed my sermon’s pages across the book’s valley, I couldn’t keep them from sliding into the groove.
The four gospels and their very different endings
Some things are too big for a single narrative.
A weathered stone (Psalm 118:1-2, 19-29; Psalm 31:9-16)
Perhaps the psalmist is referring to limestone, important to ancient civilizations for construction and also as an agricultural and dietary aid.
March 31, Easter 1B (Mark 16:1–8)
Resurrection flies in the face of everything we know to be true.
April 2, Palm Sunday A (Psalm 118:1-2, 19-29; Matthew 21:1-11)
In the Palm Sunday narrative, all the signs are there: something big is about to happen.
April 10, Palm Sunday C (Psalm 118:1-2, 19-29; Luke 19:28-40)
Even if we think we don’t need a savior, we seek one.
Start over at the beginning (Easter Day B) (Mark 16:1-8)
Mark's Gospel and “There's a Hole in the Bucket”
Preaching Holy Week in the middle of a pandemic—again
Usually it takes courage to preach Good Friday. This year, it will take courage to proclaim “He is risen!” on Easter morning.