Christ is risen

Good morning and Happy Thanksgiving friends,
As a refresher, the passage before this ends with, "And the women saw where Jesus was buried, went home and prepared spices for anointing. Then they rested on the sabbath in accordance with the commandment." Notice that the first resurrection announcement is to women, but even the disciples don't quite believe them. Jesus welcomed people without distinction, especially in Luke's Gospel, but we disciples have never done as good a job of that radical welcome.

This morning I'm grateful for time with family and for ministry with you. I'm incredibly thankful that death couldn't hold our Lord and that he always goes ahead of us to challenge and lead us.

God bless,
Sam

Luke 24:1-12

But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they came to the tomb, taking the spices that they had prepared. 2They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, 3but when they went in, they did not find the body. 4While they were perplexed about this, suddenly two men in dazzling clothes stood beside them. 5The women were terrified and bowed their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, “Why do you look for the living among the dead? He is not here, but has risen. 6Remember how he told you, while he was still in Galilee, 7that the Son of Man must be handed over to sinners, and be crucified, and on the third day rise again.”


8Then they remembered his words, 9and returning from the tomb, they told all this to the eleven and to all the rest. 10Now it was Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and the other women with them who told this to the apostles. 11But these words seemed to them an idle tale, and they did not believe them. 12But Peter got up and ran to the tomb; stooping and looking in, he saw the linen cloths by themselves; then he went home, amazed at what had happened.