The Central Importance of The Resurrection
When I was thirteen, I attended a church retreat in the middle of a frigid January. It was five degrees below zero Fahrenheit (-20° C). A low bridge …
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Warming Up to the Resurrection
While in middle school, I attended a church retreat in the middle of January. The temperature was five degrees below zero (-20° C). With friends I …
Easter and the Death of a Son
Twenty-three years ago, my sister Becky lost her son in an accident as he walked home from school. Is there any greater sadness for any parent than …
We Are Strangers in a Strange Land
“My wife’s ninety-year-old mother died last Thursday and we mourn. Someone reminded me that when we grieve, “we do not grieve like those who have no …
Deathbed Advice
My father died twenty years ago last Friday, April Fool’s Day, 1996. (I often wonder if he planned that day.) A week before his death, knowing his …
The Hope of Our Suffering
As a college student, I wanted to spend a summer abroad, but money was so tight that Raman noodles were my Sunday treat. I found a communal farm in …
Why Mary Magdalene?
Mary Magdalene is called The Apostle to the Apostles; she was the first human to see the risen Christ; Jesus ask her to preach to the apostles the …
What’s The Big Deal With The Resurrection?
Why did Jesus have to rise bodily from the dead? Why not just return spiritually to the Father? Of course the song of resurrection inspires us. It …