Happy Easter! It’s easy for us as Christians to recognize there’s significance behind this holiday. We teach students for confirmation that Jesus Christ’s resurrection stands as proof that God has power even over death. Theological resonances of Easter indicate God’s love for us, desire to be in relationship with us, and power to change the very foundations of this world for the better. One might expect Brueggemann to affirm these truths, and there’s little to suggest in this

I was telling the youth on Sunday that I’m coming into Holy Week this year feeling more worn than anything else. It’s hard to feel celebratory when the overall world is in crisis, with the continuing political polarization nationally, with anxieties about how new technologies like AI will affect the job markets for those I care about, and even just the day-to-day health struggles of those that we lift up on our prayer list. And with that, Easter has felt just like something t