Resurrection
I simply don’t get people who want to accept Jesus’ teachings as wonderful, but think belief in Jesus’ resurrection is woeful. Follow Him but don’t worship Him? PICTURE: artplus/iStockphoto. “Would you take investment advice from someone who went bankrupt?” Why would you take life advice from someone whose life was an abject failure? It doesn’t make sense. If Jesus’ […]
Essay: Where are you this Easter?
As Easter approaches and the war in Ukraine continues, TIM COSTELLO reflects on the importance of meaning…
Sight-Seeing: Why did Jesus live?
NILS VON KALM explains why he’s reflecting on Jesus’ life – as well as His death – this Easter…
Books: A book to dwell in during the lead-up to Easter
DAVID ADAMS reads David Mathis’ Rich Wounds…
Sight-Seeing: Despair and hope in Holy Week
US Catholic commentator THOMAS REESE, in an article first published on Religion News Service, reflects on the “bad news” of Holy Week – and the ultimate hope we have in Christ…
Sight-Seeing: Thomas’ wounded Christ is a saviour for the COVID-19 crisis
In an article first published on Religion News Service, JOHN J THATAMANIL, associate professor of theology and world religions at Union Theological Seminary in the US, argues that in the aftermath of the resurrection, Christ’s wounded body calls us to “prophetic attention”…
US church that prayed to resurrect girl from the dead is moving on with memorial service
RNS A Northern California church that had gathered to pray for the resurrection of one of its parishioners announced Friday that it would be moving on with memorial services for the two-year-old child, who died a week ago. “Here is where we are: Olive hasn’t been raised. The breakthrough we have sought hasn’t come,” Bethel […]
EASTER SUNDAY – HE HAS RISEN!
Celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ!…
EASTER: JESUS’ RESURRECTION PORTRAYED AT US CEMETERY’S REPLICA TOMB
ADELLE M BANKS, of Religion News Service, reports on preparations for an Easter Sunday service with a difference in the US state of Maryland…
CHOCOLATE
I’m not sure who linked Easter with chocolate, but what a brilliant move. Easter eggs. PICTURE: Tim Gouw/Unsplash. Chocolate is said to stimulate the same chemical reaction in the brain as love! Easter is about love, but it’s a bit hard to see in the mess. A group, trapped in a never-ending cycle of cynicism […]