The accounts of the Resurrection of Christ in the Gospels tell us the disciples were slow to comprehend Jesus had arisen. Luke’s account records how the women went to the tomb and were dumbfounded by angels proclaiming Jesus was among the living. The women ran to report to the other disciples what they had been told. Peter went to […]
Easter
No matter which scripture account of the resurrection is read, there is a commonality in each account. The disciple or disciples go from disbelief, fear and despair to a sense of great hope and joy. The women go to the tomb to anoint the body of Jesus in great sorrow, anointing the body of the […]
I’d like to begin with a story. A friend of mine and a great friend of peace and justice, Rev. Dick Sering, worked for more than 30 years as a Lutheran minister in the city of Cleveland. His organization, Lutheran Metropolitan Ministries (LMM) is one of the largest faith-based organizations dedicated to working with the […]