I deny the resurrection of Jesus and so do you.
Posts Tagged ‘Easter’
I Deny the Resurrection
Posted: April 24, 2011 in Original ContentTags: #OutlawPreachers, Easter, Peter Rollins, Poets, Poets Prophets and Preachers, Resurrection
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The Pattern, Revealed.
Posted: April 4, 2010 in Original ContentTags: Easter, Fr. Richard Rohr, Jesus, Resurrection
Christ Crucified is all of the hidden, private, tragic pain of history made public and given over to God. Christ Resurrected is all of that private, ungrieved, unnoted suffering received, loved, and transformed by an All-Caring God. How else could we believe in God at all? How else could we have any kind of cosmic [...]
A Silent Saturday
Posted: April 3, 2010 in Original ContentTags: Easter, Holy Sunday, Jesus, Peter Rollins, Resurrection, Silent Sunday
Today’s silence provides space for one of the holiest days of the church calendar. In his book How (Not) to Speak of God, Peter Rollins says the following about today: This day marked a moment of great uncertainty and darkness for the followers of Jesus. Yet it is precisely in the midst of a Holy Saturday [...]
Mourning on Bad Friday
Posted: April 2, 2010 in Original ContentTags: Bad Friday, Depression, Easter, Folks I Read, Garret Keizer, Good Friday, Ink Church, James Townsend, Jesus, Outlaw Preachers, Pain, Prayer, Resurrection, Silence
So on this Bad Friday, may we be present in the places we are. May we embrace the pain in our lives. May we recognize and name the losses we’ve endured, but never properly dealt with. May we grieve them, lament them, and even mourn them. And then may we surrender them to God and allow a grace that covers all and a peace that surpasses all, envelop us and keep us.
