Ode to Everything
"Enough of the lamentations./ Open the window and sing!" — Marjorie Maddox
A call to celebrate the Trans Day of Visibility on Easter Sunday
When we embrace our trans siblings, the mystery of Easter bursts into our lives, writes Shea Watts.
Reflecting on Jesus’ last words and unspoken truths
What are we supposed to do about climate change? Reproductive rights? Gun violence? Jesus addresses none of these pressing issues in his last words to the disciples, but that doesn't mean we're left to find solutions on our own, writes Ron Byers.
The cross isn’t just about our guilt and shame
Do you know the cross can be interpreted through multiple lenses? If you find that Jesus’ crucifixion feels unapproachable, you may want to try a new perspective, writes Elana Keppel Levy.
Praying Easter would happen again
"I’ve never stepped into the mouth of an empty tomb, but I have walked into my grandmother’s one-bedroom apartment three days after she died," writes Lisle Gwynn Garrity.
Now’s the time to act
The days after Easter hold a unique opportunity for pastors to engage their community, writes Raymond R. Roberts.
Love for Easter-only worshippers
How one pastor’s investment in a theology of belonging has liberated him from resentment.
The sparkle and shimmer
A child in cowgirl boots heralds the coming of Easter for Andrew Taylor-Troutman.
An Easter mealtime prayer
Brendan McLean offers a prayer that can be used alongside an Easter meal shared with friends and family.
Blessed be the tie that binds
Easter 7c Acts 16:16–34 We sang it yesterday with gusto; The old timers love it— and the new ones will; What, do..
Notice resurrection
The Gospels record that Jesus chooses when he makes himself known after his resurrection. He is perceived as a gardener or a..
A Savior with scars
What does it mean to have a savior with scars, wonders Gail Henderson-Belsito.
Resurrection, not resuscitation
What would it mean to let the pre-COVID ministry die, wonders Elizabeth Hakken Candido?
The long road to resurrection
Laurie Ann Kraus, director of Presbyterian Disaster Assistance, connects the resurrection story to the work of disaster relief and living in a world where both suffering and hope are real.
The labor
The woman in the bed was pale. Not just her ashen skin but her presence, her being, seemed translucent. As we approached the bed, her eyes opened to reveal the child she had been once, expectant but uncomprehending.
Psalm 30 in Iambic Decameter
Hymn: Psalm 30 in Iambic Decameter (Tune: TOULON, or most any 10.10.10.10 tune) I will extol you, Lord, you’ve drawn me up, Allowing no..
The traveling Bible study
One can have perfect vision and fail to see what really matters. Sometimes it seems as though it takes a miracle to see all the way to the heart of things. That's what we see on the road to Emmaus, writes Ronald Byars.
The invitation of the Marys
Eliza C. Jaremko looks at Mary the Mother of God and Mary the sister of Martha in the resurrection narrative.
Resurrection problem: A poem
It seems that John has a problem with names here: “The one whom Jesus loved” is never named, but is simply called,..
The audacity of hope: Being a resurrection people
I recently read Abby Norman’s You Can Talk to God That Way. It is a book on embracing lament as a spiritual..
O Lord, I Thank You for the Gift
NEW BRITAIN 8.6.8.6 ("Amazing Grace") O Lord, I thank you for the gift that you once gave for me. You humbly went..
Resurrection is a movement: A call to recover the original Easter vision in an age of mass incarceration
Chris Hoke calls readers to recover the original vision of Easter in an age of mass incarceration.
Finding hope in hell
Teri McDowell Ott reflects on Shirley C. Guthrie’s quote, “There is no place – not even hell itself – where God is not present and at work with loving justice and just love.”
Four-Letter Word
Love is such a lovely word, gracious, spacious, capacious to a fault, embracing every blessed thing from those little smiley faces we..
Believe the bird
In memory of Martha Let me share the story of the worst Easter sermon I have ever preached. It was my..
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