The resurrection of Christ

SPIRITUAL CONNECTION: Buried truth, risen hope: An Easter reflection on seeing the truth in unexpected places

My Easter message is drawn from the words of Anne Lamott, “You can bury the truth in the ground, but you can’t keep it there,” a lens through which to view the resurrection of Jesus, and the Truth he embodied.

“The Light of Christ’s Resurrection brings not only joy but division among men”. Metropolitan Luke (Kovalenko)

Thomas SundayMetropolitan Luke (Kovalenko)The story of Christ’s Resurrection is not a mere fairy tale with a happy ending. It is a drama that unfolds throughout history and stretches to the very edges of earthly time.

The Great 50 Days of Easter - Lowndes Signal

By Dunford Cole I pray that you and your family had a wonderful and blessed Easter. As we transition into a new season, it’s important to understand that Easter isn’t over! Some people think of Christmas and Easter as just one-day celebrations, but these events kick off an entire season. Christmas begins on December 25th and lasts twelve days, while Easter spans a full 50 days, leading us to Pentecost Sunday, which celebrates the coming of the H…

Weekly Devotional: The Day After Perspective

The Monday after Easter usually dawns the same for me each year. It’s a day of quiet peace and reflection over the past few days’ events, and contemplating their meaning. It’s also a day in which I try and relax a bit, and while I usually take that day off, I found myself sneaking into my office at the church this Monday to get a little work done. The halls, which this past Sunday were filled with laughing, smiling people, are now silent and sti…

He is risen! - Daily Leader

“As the women were going to tell the others that Jesus was alive; some of the guards from the tomb where Jesus lay were on that same mission to tell the chief priests that Jesus was not in the tomb. They gave the guards money to perpetuate the lie that the body of Jesus was taken by His followers.” — Matthew 28:11-13 Here we have two groups greatly affected by the resurrection; on one hand, the women who were excited that Jesus was alive just as…

DEVOTIONAL GUIDE: Christ shows up in unlikely places

Friends, Easter Sunday has come and gone: the last scraps of ham will be turned into scalloped potatoes, the Peeps are either eaten or getting stale, and often we are tempted to move on from the story of Resurrection until the following year. However, the power of the resurrection of Jesus is not just in the historical reality, but of God’s ongoing power in the lives of His people and the promise of His return. Anyone reading this knows the real…