Christ is risen
To know Christ, to experience the power of his resurrection
Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have stripped off the old self with its practices, and have clothed yourselves with the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge according to the image of its creator.
Colossians 3:9-10
Bored in my self prison,
I doubt uneasily;
But the times I get out,
I know you have risen,
James McAuley
I find that there is a crucifixion and a resurrection every day; in some sense or other there seems to be lots of little crucifixions and occasionally some big ones, and if it is gone into and almost embraced, if possible… it always seems to be enriching ultimately. But you don’t pursue crucifixion, obviously; it comes to you. And it comes to all, that’s the other thing: nobody escapes this.
Michael Leunig; from Caroline Jones, An Authentic Life
…we have to find crucifixion and resurrection already present within us and live out of that knowledge.
Monica Furlong
Judith Wright says, “Living is dailiness, a bread that’s worth the eating”. The present is manna, gift, daily bread – a celebration. ”The One who was crucified refused to remain imprisoned among the dead… refused to become past.”
Nathan Mitchell
Look now:
What is coming to birth in you?
Where are there signs of new life, new possibilities?
What is stirring within you at present?
What “wild possibilities” are announcing themselves to you.
Where do you feel connected?
Where is community or communion happening for you at present?
The images in this post are of the Resurrection Window in the First Lisburn Presbyterian Church in County Antrim, Ireland.
“This window is a memorial of the bomb-blast of 5th August 1981 and the subsequent restoration of our church and halls. It is a tribute to our neighbours in shops and offices and their will to overcome disaster. It is an echo of the motto of this town: “EX IGNE RESURGAM” (I will arise from the fire”). It is a witness to our faith in Jesus Christ our Lord.
Source: Lisburn First Presbyterian Church
The window was designed and made by the stained glass window company, James Watson & Son, using fragments of the glass from the windows that were damaged in the bomb blast.
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