One of last things Jesus said before he died on the cross was, “I thirst.” It is hard to imagine the very Savior who promised a woman by the well (John 4) everlasting water being thirsty, but he was. Perhaps there is a deeper meaning to this illusive Easter text. We live in aContinue reading “Easter Justice and a thirst for righteousness”
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An Easter community inspires mutual welcome between strangers
What does it mean to be Easter people, a people who have seen Christ embrace us from atop a cross in spite of our sin? It means accepting God’s hospitable invitation to new way of being community for one another. In a recent Christian Century article, ethicist Christine Pohl states that a best practice for buildingContinue reading “An Easter community inspires mutual welcome between strangers”
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