Christians are reimagining resurrection. Today we meet a pastor, a chaplain, and a researcher who are asking big questions about person and meaning of Jesus. Do you live with inspiration or with tension about the life and teachings of Jesus?…
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Anyone else wake up tired? Easter Monday is a day for taking a big exhale. If you work in and for the church, you just finished the biggest week and high, holy Sunday of the year. You are also carrying…
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It’s Eastertide! This joyful season is a continuation of our celebrations from Easter Sunday. For seven weeks each year the church observes a season of Eastertide. The scriptures focus on the resurrection stories of Jesus. I grew up in a…
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These orchids from Thailand are endangered. Whole regions are absent their beauty although they used to grow wild in many places around the region. I took these photos as I walked the trails in an orchid farm near Chiang Mai.…
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Practicing Resurrection F ~ Food and Faith SaturdayΒ morning I was up early with plans to go to a hot yogaΒ class. My husband was planning to catch a swarm of bees (a story for another post). He told me that hisΒ friend…
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Practicing Resurrection E is forΒ Every Body Rule # 3 for practicing resurrection: engage your whole body. We are equipped with a kind of knowing that is not mainly with our minds or cognitive abilities. We also know the world through…
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Practicing Resurrection D As the Sister preached tonight at St. Benedict’s VigilΒ service, she reflected on the Gospel reading for tomorrow. SheΒ reminded me and about about 60 other worshipers that everyone, like Jesus’Β disciple Thomas, hasΒ periods of doubt aboutΒ the resurrection. Amen, Sister.…
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Practicing Resurrection C Let’s start simply. Rule number one for practicing resurrection:Β Look for signs of new life. Resurrection is not merelyΒ about the cycles of life. However,Β it is about renewing life. Right now the cycles of life areΒ bursting forth everywhere. But…
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Practicing Resurrection B Last week I sent offΒ final proofs on some devotions for Upper Room’s Disciplines 2015. My chosenΒ theme for the week following Easter next year is practicing resurrection. I won’t be sharing what I wrote for Upper Room here…
Read MorePracticing Resurrection A Eastertide is theΒ season of the church year that we observeΒ from Easter Sunday until Pentecost Sunday. In the coming 50 days, I’ll beΒ unfolding a new series called “Practicing Resurrection.” I wroteΒ aboutΒ Wendell Berry’s injunction to “practice resurrection”Β last summer. As…
Read MoreEasterΒ ~Β Holy Week Remembered BlessedΒ Easter to you. This gallery of Lenten Lights is a remembrance of Holy Week. WhenΒ accounting theologically for the mystery of Easter, neitherΒ the agony nor theΒ pain of Holy Week entirely departs, yetΒ we practice the resurrection of letting it…
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Planting Sequoias Last week I traveled to the Northwestern U.S., land of giant sequoias and redwoods. Iβve been thinking about sequoias this summer, thanks to my congregationβs shared βSeason of Greenβ during Ordinary Time. The first Sunday of Pentecost we…
Read MorePracticing Resurrection II This picture is part of a series of six-word stories that capture Wendell Berry’s provocative idea of “practicing resurrection.” In late April the pathway around a lake near my house flooded. The walkway and surrounding fields were…
Read MorePracticing Resurrection I During Ordinary Time this summer, my congregation is taking a point of departure from Wendell Berry and crafting worship around “practicing resurrection.” We are looking to the created world to see what speaks to us of God’s…
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