Beautiful rendition and presentation of the hymn by Koine! Thank you for sharing that!
I do love your pictures from Seder and Easter!
One final Bonhoeffer reading...
Easter Sunday - The Easter Message
I think he lost me when he was saying all the things that Easter is not. ("Death is indeed already life"???) If you have any insight into the things that Easter is not, I would love to hear.
I do like the simplicity of what he says Easter IS about - "resurrection from a death that is real death with all its frightfulness and horrors, resurrection from a death of the body and the soul, of the whole person, resurrection by the power of God's mighty act." That's the resurrection that Jesus had, and by virtue of his resurrection, I will also rise!
My resurrection will not, however, be the kind of frightful and horrific death that Jesus died. I will never be separated from my God. My soul will never experience death.
55 “Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?”[i] 56 The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. 57 But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. -1 Corinthians 15
Sharing your Lenten journey has been a wonderful blessing for me. Thank you for the time and effort and energy you put into selecting the book, writing the posts, answering my questions, etc. As strange as it seems to say to someone I've never met apart from electronic text communication, thank you for your friendship!
Easter peace and joy to you, your family and your congregation, Rachel!
I actually appreciated most of the things he mentioned that Easter was not (call me weird;). The first one, I must admit, was a bit over the top. But one could argue that there was never any real battle between life and death when death is nothing and powerless in the first place. And it's through death that we come to life. But that's just getting a bit too deep for me - haha! I liked the next example better - it has nothing to do with winter/spring or ice/sun because of the time of year its celebrated. (although the picture it creates is a living sermon to "new life" found in creation.) Easter is not an "inter-worldly event" but transcends this world and beyond - again, not about just this life but SO MUCH MORE. It's not about immortality but resurrection from a real death. It's not as if we never die - we do experience a death of body that's very real, but our bodies are resurrected "by the power of God's mighty act".
As you rightly said "My resurrection will not, however, be the kind of frightful and horrific death that Jesus died. I will never be separated from my God. My soul will never experience death."
Thank you, Jesus, for this wonderful Easter miracle!
Thank you for sharing this walk through Lent and Easter with me. It has been a great gift to me and a good challenge. It is a modern blessing to encourage one another in this way as sisters in Christ!
Grace and peace to you and your family, Tracy! Keep in touch:)
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Beautiful rendition and presentation of the hymn by Koine! Thank you for sharing that!
I do love your pictures from Seder and Easter!
One final Bonhoeffer reading...
Easter Sunday - The Easter Message
I think he lost me when he was saying all the things that Easter is not. ("Death is indeed already life"???) If you have any insight into the things that Easter is not, I would love to hear.
I do like the simplicity of what he says Easter IS about - "resurrection from a death that is real death with all its frightfulness and horrors, resurrection from a death of the body and the soul, of the whole person, resurrection by the power of God's mighty act." That's the resurrection that Jesus had, and by virtue of his resurrection, I will also rise!
My resurrection will not, however, be the kind of frightful and horrific death that Jesus died. I will never be separated from my God. My soul will never experience death.
55 “Where, O death, is your victory?
Where, O death, is your sting?”[i]
56 The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. 57 But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
-1 Corinthians 15
Sharing your Lenten journey has been a wonderful blessing for me. Thank you for the time and effort and energy you put into selecting the book, writing the posts, answering my questions, etc. As strange as it seems to say to someone I've never met apart from electronic text communication, thank you for your friendship!
Easter peace and joy to you, your family and your congregation, Rachel!
Easter Sunday - The Easter Message
I actually appreciated most of the things he mentioned that Easter was not (call me weird;). The first one, I must admit, was a bit over the top. But one could argue that there was never any real battle between life and death when death is nothing and powerless in the first place. And it's through death that we come to life. But that's just getting a bit too deep for me - haha!
I liked the next example better - it has nothing to do with winter/spring or ice/sun because of the time of year its celebrated. (although the picture it creates is a living sermon to "new life" found in creation.)
Easter is not an "inter-worldly event" but transcends this world and beyond - again, not about just this life but SO MUCH MORE.
It's not about immortality but resurrection from a real death. It's not as if we never die - we do experience a death of body that's very real, but our bodies are resurrected "by the power of God's mighty act".
As you rightly said "My resurrection will not, however, be the kind of frightful and horrific death that Jesus died. I will never be separated from my God. My soul will never experience death."
Thank you, Jesus, for this wonderful Easter miracle!
Thank you for sharing this walk through Lent and Easter with me. It has been a great gift to me and a good challenge. It is a modern blessing to encourage one another in this way as sisters in Christ!
Grace and peace to you and your family, Tracy! Keep in touch:)
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