Tag: resurrection
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“Christ is Risen”
Two chants from Orthodox Easter liturgy: Christ is risen from the dead, trampling down death by death, and upon those in the tombs bestowing life. Thy resurrection, O Christ our Savior The angels in heaven sing Enable us on earth to glorify thee in purity of heart about the image (first posted April 11, 2018)
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Life after Birth
One of the perennial questions of the humanities is “What is a good life?” Religious studies ends up in the College of the Humanities in some universities because religion is fully absorbed in answering that question. At least, that’s one way of looking at it. Some Christians think of Christianity as being primarily about “life […]
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Reflecting on 1 Corinthians 15
We are studying 1 Corinthians 15 (specifically, verses 1-8, 12-14, 20-23, and 42-45) for Sunday, April 12, Easter! Christ is risen! / The Lord is risen indeed! Our text addresses that head on. [My notes on this text are here.] Here are some questions we might want to consider as we meditate on this text: […]
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Studying 1 Corinthians 15 1-8 …
We are studying 1 Corinthians 15 (specifically, verses 1-8, 12-14, 20-23, and 42-45) for Sunday, April 12, Easter! Hallelujah! Despite not being able to assemble physically, we will be assembling spiritually, which may make this week’s text particularly appropriate, since it will ultimately turn our attention to the paradoxical concept of a “spiritual body.” Here […]
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Questions for Reflection and Discussion – Matthew 28 1-15
We are studying Matthew 28:1-15 for Easter Sunday, April 21 – appropriately, perhaps, since it’s Matthew’s account of the first day of resurrection. [Some notes on the text are here.] Here are a few questions we might want to consider before or during class: Two sets of characters, the Marys and the guards, witness the […]
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Study Notes – Matthew 28 1-15
We are studying Matthew 28:1-15 for Sunday, April 21 – Matthew’s account of the events of the first Easter morning, just in time for Easter Sunday. [Some questions for the text are here.] Here are my notes on the text: BACKGROUND AND CONTEXT: This is the next-to-last text in a series from Matthew’s gospel. What […]
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Notes on John 21 15-25
The Uniform Series text for Sunday, April 15 is John 21:15-25, the continuation and conclusion of John’s account of the Jesus’ third resurrection appearance, which is also the conclusion of John’s gospel. Here are my notes on the text (which are longer than usual, for some reason, so, apologies as needed): Background and Contexts: Historically, […]
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Notes on John 21 1-14
Notes and one perspective on John 21:1-14, the Uniform Series Sunday school text for April 8, 2018
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Easter Sunday
The sun tried to come out here for a minute or so right around the middle of the day, but mostly it’s been gray, cloudy, and chilly. Hardly surprising for early April, but not the photogenic Easter sunshine of popular imagination. I am OK with this. It’s easy to love a day of brilliant sunshine, when it’s easy to smile and feel happy. But the idea that Easter and its message of invincible life is every bit as real when there’s a thick cloud cover as when the sun is shining is mighty.
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Questions for Reflection and Discussion (Luke 24 1-35)
The Uniform Series text for Sunday, April 1 is Luke 24:1-12 and 30-35, which is Luke’s account of the discovery of the empty tomb, and the conclusion of the narrative of the “walk to Emmaus.” These are some questions that we might want to consider in class …
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Fifth Sunday in Lent
We spent some time in Sunday school this morning considering the meaning of worship for us in connection with the text of 2 Chronicles 7. We thought some about the meaning of numbers, specifically the extravagantly large numbers of sacrifices in 2 Chronicles 7, wondering whether what we were supposed to think in our own […]
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Questions for Reflection and Discussion (Acts 9 36-43)
The text we’re studying* for Sunday, February 18 is Acts 9:36-43. Here are a few questions that might be worth reflecting on and discussing in class: Why do the disciples in Joppa send for Peter? Why do we think that – from something in the text (what?), from something in our experience, from other readings […]
Matters of Interpretation 