Easter – Page 2 – 300 words a day

Reflecting on lent, reflecting on Easter

There’s no reason to be surprised about our confusion about living after Lent, living beyond Easter. Consider the responses of people during the days following the first Resurrection day. There are moments of sheer delight. Mary Magdalene went to the tomb. It was empty. She went to find the disciples. She ran into Jesus on […]

the day in between

We know how the story turned out. We know that there was a resurrection. We know that hope was realized, that everything turned out great. We know that Sunday made up for Friday. But on the Saturday between Good Friday and Easter Sunday, on the first of those Saturdays, on the one that happened before […]

too busy for Easter

We work hard for Easter, those of us who work for churches. We plan extra services. We make services extra special. We worry about signage and supplies. We get all consumed. We schedule Good Friday off. And then many of us work. The day that even public schools cancel classes as a religious holiday, those […]