This Sunday’s readings: John 20:10-18

Reflections

What we do in the crisis always depends on whether we see the difficulties in the light of God, or God in the shadow of the difficulties.
~ G. Campbell Morgan, 1863-1945, British Minister/Educator

It is not easy to convey a sense of wonder, let alone resurrection wonder, to another. It’s the very nature of wonder to catch us off guard, to circumvent expectations and assumptions. Wonder can’t be packaged, and it can’t be worked up. It requires some sense of being there and some sense of engagement.
~ Eugene H. Peterson, 1932-2018, Pastor/Author

While religious dogmatism is always a danger…. we’ve got more to fear from the easygoing narcissism that is so much part of the atmosphere nobody even thinks to protest or get angry about it.
~ David Brooks, New York Times commentator

How unbearably tragic it would be, though, if the millions of Asia, South America and Africa were led to believe that the best we can hope for from The Way of Christ is the level of Christianity visible in Europe and America today.
~ Dallas Willard, 1935-2013, The Spirit of the Disciplines: Understanding How God Changes Lives

Something is wrong when our lives make sense to unbelievers.
~ Francis Chan, Crazy Love: Overwhelmed by a Relentless God