Is it really important that Jesus was raised physically from the dead and not just as a spirit? Does belief in the resurrection of the body have any meaning for our own lives? The Ascension of Jesus into heaven sheds light on these questions; because amazingly enough, with the Ascension we learn that the Second [...]
Category Archive for 'Hope'
“What word would you use to describe life?” Josh says to his daughter. “Peace,” she replies. “Or perhaps joy.” After a moment she asks him, “What about your own word for life?” “You wouldn’t want to hear it.” No, she probably wouldn’t. The word he is thinking of is “futility.” Josh, you may remember, is [...]
Hoping Against Hope
Posted in All Shall Be Well, Hope on Jun 19th, 2007
When we emerged from Ward’s Super Market into the Florida sunshine, Sister Elizabeth discovered that she had left her sunglasses inside, next to the coffee grinder. She went back to retrieve them while I sat in the car, bored, and stared through the windshield at the backside of a row of newspaper vending boxes. Bored [...]
I have been having a mixed-up Advent. The other night, in Atlanta, I attended a magnificent performance of “The Play of Herod,” a 12th century music drama. A friend, Butch Spivey, sang the title role. In “The Play of Herod” we saw acted-out and heard sung in medieval plainsong and polyphony the story of Christmas, [...]
Resurrection
Posted in Easter, Hope, Joy, Resurrection on Apr 13th, 2005
Do you remember all the Christmas specials on television during the weeks and days leading up to December 25? Now, have you noticed the Easter programming? If not, that’s probably because it is virtually nonexistent. I’ve perused our local paper’s program guide for Holy Thursday, Good Friday, Holy Saturday, and Easter Sunday, and found scarcely [...]