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When Christ Shows Up

John 20:19-25

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June 12, 2011

The Rev. William Flippin, Jr. (ELCA)

Today's Gospel text begins with scared disciples in a locked room. I can imagine them sweating profusely and can even see some occasionally checking the doorknob to see that it was locked. Other disciples might have been looking out of a peephole or a window because of the fact they were now fugitives because their beloved leader, Jesus, has been executed to death on the cross by the means of crucifixion. The disciples fear the Roman and religious authorities that murdered Jesus would possibly murder them for being associated with this radical, itinerant preacher from Galilee. There messianic hopes have dissolved into mere survival, coupled by utter confusion and calamity. But the evangelist John records that Mary reports to them that she has seen the risen Christ. I am sure they thought she was delusional to have witnessed Jesus. In John the 20th chapter, around verse nineteen, something happens when Christ shows up to them.

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The Road to Easter Runs Through a Cemetery

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April 10, 2011

The Rev. Dr. Wiley Stephens (UMC)

Most, if not all of us, have looked at dreams, hopes, plans that have been lost.  As if buried in a grave, they seem gone forever.  Whether from a failed marriage, personal bankruptcy, downsizing or merger of a business, broken relationships with adult children, or former friends, or for other reasons, the future seems bare.  We are speaking of those times when in life when we can no longer do what we used to be able to do.  Perhaps because of a chronic illness or financial problems, the loss of employment or a looming foreclosure, or a handicap that makes each day difficult.  We are talking about where life has suddenly grown empty.  Just as those first moments must have felt for Mary and Martha as they stood beside their brother's grave.  Their world changed forever.

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