Luke 24:1-12 I cannot help but think of how the awful events of those last few days must have erased so much from their memory as they walked to the tomb that early morning. Even that which they had believed they could not possibly forget. For while, no doubt, these women had encountered death countless …
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Needing the Easter Promise Now!
Luke 24:1-12 This week I found myself remembering a Holy Week long ago. It was late in March after my dad had died in January. I had spoken with his ‘baby sister’ early in the week. Her voice, by then, was weak, for cancer was stealing her last breath. I live halfway across the country, …
An Easter Story
Luke 24:1-12 It is my favorite Easter story, this one. For even though it didn’t happen on Easter it is a story of such defiant hope borne of righteous anger it surely had its roots in Easter, even if it didn’t happen then. No rather, this took place May the spring after we buried my …
Never Again Just Covering Up the Marks of Death…
Luke 24:1-12 I hadn’t expected it when I drove out to our local funeral home that Saturday afternoon. I had just officiated at the memorial service of a man. They were not showing his body, in fact he was soon to be cremated, and so close family stayed around after the service so as to …