Easter Sunday: Revealed, Given, and Raised

Easter comes to us each year with brightness and celebration— music, flowers, full rooms, and the familiar proclamation: Christ is risen! And yet, beneath the surface of all that joy, many of us arrive carrying a quieter, heavier reality. Some come with hope and anticipation. Others come with questions, fatigue, grief, or a sense that life feels more fragile than it should.

Into that mixed and very human space, Easter speaks a surprising and powerful word. The resurrection of Jesus is not simply the happy ending to a tragic story. It is God’s decisive declaration about the kind of world we live in, and the kind of King who reigns over it.

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Given in Sorrow

During Lent, we are exploring what it means that Jesus Christ is given for us. In these passages from Luke’s Gospel, we encounter Jesus, lamenting and weeping for Jerusalem. As you prepare for worship this week, ask God to help you draw close to Jesus, the “man of sorrows, acquainted with grief.”

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