based on John 20:1-18 Faithful God, it is a day to proclaim to one another that the tomb is empty, that Christ has been raised, and that life has the final word over death. We hear these words and even speak them ourselves, and yet we still may feel the need to run to theContinue reading “A Prayer from a Garden”
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Go Ahead and Give Up Chocolate for Lent
I’m feeling especially motivated to lean into the season of Lent this year. For those unfamiliar, it is a time consisting of 40 days and 6 Sundays leading up to the celebration of Easter. I’ve only been doing the bare minimum in terms of observing it the past few years, and I want to changeContinue reading “Go Ahead and Give Up Chocolate for Lent”
A Prayer in the Garden
based on John 20:1-18 Faithful God, we confess we don’t know what’s happened. We’ve heard the news from women and angels alike, but there’s so much we still don’t understand. We’re wondering how it’s possible, and about what it means. Our sense of the world has been turned upside down, and it may be aContinue reading “A Prayer in the Garden”
Jeffrey A. Nelson 