Matthew 28:1-10 It has long been my Easter custom to gather with others early morning in the cemetery to sing together of the Resurrection, to share in the bread and the wine, and to shout to one another the Good News of Easter: Alleluia ! Christ is Risen! Christ is Risen, Indeed! Alleluia! This year …
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A Holy Footrace: Peter and John and You and Me and the Empty Tomb
John 20:1-19 It was well after midnight. We had left the hospital where they had removed my dad from the life support which had been keeping him breathing. Back at the hotel, I was sitting up with a couple of friends who had traveled in to keep vigil with us and who had decided to stay. As …
Bright Red Cellophane and the Easter Promise
Matthew 28:1-10 I must have been about seven years old. We had gone to visit our Grandpa for Easter that year. I was standing in the kitchen. Although there were people all around me, the room went silent in my mind as I looked up. On the top shelf of the small closet which stood …