| If Easter Is Only a Symbol, Then to Hell with It
The empty tomb is evidence that God’s love triumphs over death. That truth endures with or without us.
Tish Harrison Warren
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Practicing
the liturgical calendar is like participating in immersive theater.
Through fasting, feasting, rites, and rituals, we walk into the story of
Jesus. In Advent, we lean into longing and wait together for the coming
King. At Christmas, we lay babies in makeshift mangers and enter into
the Incarnation. During Lent, we smear ashes on our foreheads and
remember sin and death. All of it builds to the big moment: Easter
Sunday.
For Christians, this is the World Series, the crescendo of the symphony, ...
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Saturday, April 11, 2020
If Easter Is Only a Symbol, Then to Hell with It
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