04-05-26

ECCLESIOLOGICAL ETCHINGS
April 5, 2026
Easter Sunday
Good morning, people of the resurrection and even those who aren’t too certain about this whole resurrection thing. It’s all good, because at the end of the day, resurrection is not so much about making a claim as it is believing and living that claim. I can make the theological statement that Jesus, the one crucified and buried, was raised from the dead, but at the end of the day, so what? I’m not trying to be dismissive here, but I am more interested in the power of resurrection that is all around us. Jesus being raised from the dead was, in my opinion, not a one-time event. It was a clear and dramatic statement of who God was, is, and will be forever more. And that power of resurrection is transforming situations of death all around us, and for that reason, I pray for more hope and faith in this world… hope and faith that life can be born out of the most dismal and dire of circumstances. Yet it is hard for this world to know and experience resurrection if people have not oriented their lives toward the possibility. May this Easter Sunday provide more of us an opportunity to glimpse it, embrace it, and then live as partners with God in the realization of resurrection in this world. 

Glory be to you, O God whose love is no match for the grave. All glory be given to you, O Gracious God who continues to bring life out of death, joy out of sorrow, and hope out of despair. What a gift you are and what a gift you give. Amen.