One of the reasons Christians gather together each week for celebration is to remember the Resurrection Event: to look back on this incredible thing that happened to Jesus of Nazareth and to realize that it is a continuing experience in the life of the Christian Community; to realize that God’s Resurrection Power is experienced in our own death as well as in the death of Jesus. We are all going to die, every one of us. We are moving toward death with each passing moment. The people we love are going to die. One of the most unfortunate things about modern civilization is the unwillingness to face this honestly and openly. We say, “Let’s change the subject; it’s too morbid.”…
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