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Easter Hesitation and Pentecostal Hope

I grew up hearing the story of Easter from before I knew how to talk, but I only noticed Matthew 28:16-17 when I was a...

You Lose When You Deny Death

In the first seven years at my parish, I have commended to God the souls of over 40 people. The first ten came in...

Living All Fifty Days of the Easter Season

I was surprised — no pun intended — to realize recently that N.T. Wright’s book Surprised by Hope turned 16 only about a month ago....

Extraordinary Easters

I have vivid memories of three extraordinary Easter services, in diverse places, in three periods of ministry, across 37 years. Kajiado is a semi-arid area south...

A Hymn for Easter

Christ is risen, he has conquered Now the stone is rolled away Joseph's tomb once more lies empty At the dawn of Easter Day Weeping women in the...

Life Has Its Own Mortal Loveliness

Marilynne Robinson’s Gilead, St. Paul, and the Transfiguration of Mortality Adapted from a presentation given March 6 at St. John the Divine Episcopal Church, Houston. I...

Death Cafés and the Resurrection of the Body

Among many effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the world was an increasing sense of mortality. This was very evident in the circles of...

The Good News of Christian Faith

By Bryan Owen If someone asked you “What is the Christian faith all about?,” how would you respond? While different people may answer that question in...

Three Poems Easter 2023: Confluence, Crossed, Raid

By Graham Kings Confluence  Confluence of Word and flesh, in Palestine; Confluence of Spirit and our spirits, in our bodies; Confluence of Body and Blood, in bread and wine. Maundy Thursday 2023 Crossed Delight...

Abundance and Hope in della Robbia’s Resurrection

A mighty and gorgeous relief sculpture depicting Christ’s triumphant rising from the dead

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