resurrection

Bishop Craig Loya described the crushing grief felt by people across the region after the murder of two children at Annunciation Church and School.

We close the creed saying, we believe in the life of the world to come. Do we grasp the words we repeat each Sunday?

When one dies, one passes beyond time and therefore, Bishop Graham Kings argues, there is no experience of a gap between death and the day of resurrection.

The resurrection channels our aspirations not to build heaven on earth through our efforts, but to participate in God’s redemptive work begun in Christ.

It's right to celebrate the hope of the bodily resurrection, but perhaps there is more to be said about that intermediate state after death.

An Easter breakfast or brunch is a sign of the in-breaking kingdom, a chance to delight in the resurrection, and an opportunity to lavish honor on one another.

In death, as in life, the body is worthy of profound respect. On the last day, we shall see them again when we share in our Lord's Resurrection.

The Christian hope is resurrection, a hope that should shape our mission and witness. Do our funerals, though, convey this pastorally-rich and biblically-grounded hope?

The resurrection of Jesus Christ tells us that death in this life is not the last word.

Many parishes will have baptisms this Sunday, the feast of the Baptism of the Lord. In Baptism, water is poured. The new Christian dies and rises with Christ. Grace happens. What, though, is the role of the Covenant added to many Baptismal rites, for example in TEC and the Anglican Church of Canada?