EASTER 2021
Often, during the Christmas Season, we are surrounded by those we love the most. And there’s something beautiful about that. But. If love is the highest Christian ethic, and loving everyone is the way that CHrist loved, then that’s a good deal more difficult. Jay Kim speaks about two ends of the spectrum of people who are challenging to love: one because it’s easy to forget about them (namely, the global poor and those in need) and the other because we don’t WANT to love them (our enemies).
On Easter Sunday morning, at dawn, the account of Matthew tells us that the giant stone that had been rolled over the face of the tomb of Jesus was rolled away, revealing an empty tomb. Later, at the end of this story, Matthew tells us why this detail matters. And in the end, we discover that the tomb was rolled away not so that Jesus could get out, but so that humanity - you and I - could enter in.
