The disciples question what they thought they knew in the past, because they can’t understand what is happening in the present. All they know now is what they thought the future held has died. They are in the time in...
Tag: Luke 24
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On the Road to Emmaus: Walking with Jesus | Worship
You might be grieving, broken, afraid, and even angry. You might feel that to understand the future is like trying to take hold of the wind. You might be walking an unknown road to an unknown destination. But one thing...
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Death Culture
“Why do you look for the living among the dead?” – Luke 24:5 (NRSV) When my Grandma died in 2016, I drove to Iowa for the funeral with my Dad. I knew there would be family visitation around the open...
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Remember :: Communion Liturgy
An empty tomb, Bet-Shemesh Israel. Then they remembered his words, and returning from the tomb, they told all this to the eleven and to all the rest. - Luke 24:8-9 (NRSV) This communion liturgy accompanies a message on Luke 23:54-24:12 on...
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Blind But Now I See
On that same day, two disciples were traveling to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem. They were talking to each other about everything that had happened. While they were discussing these things, Jesus himself arrived and joined...
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Abiding
labyrinth and leaves On that same day, two disciples were traveling to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem. They were talking to each other about everything that had happened. While they were discussing these things, Jesus himself...
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Looking for the Living
The women were looking for the living among the dead and the disciples are just standing there looking at the sky. It takes an act of heaven (since we assume the two men in white robes are angels) to get...
