Words, of our faith, the
mystery of faith
bound into our lives, our
hearts,
heard so many times,
memorized
I can hear them as I type
this,
“Christ has died,
Christ is risen,
Christ will come again.”
A statement of loss, of victory,
of promise,
a covenant of a future yet
to come
bound by the wondrous
middle,
the affirmation of something
more than mere reporting
We are not told that Christ
rose,
as the ancient creed holds,
nothing more than that…
No, this is a bold statement
of life
of continuing resurrection,
living today
of our promise, the covenant
of God
of Christ himself, His
promise now too
in the scripture of living as
joint heirs,
as fellow disciples, with
the first ones, with the saints,
as living brothers and
sisters with Christ
in the present moment. He is
alive! He IS risen
living now, as surely as the
moments
He walked this earth,
in human form. He is living
now,
in the spirit realm, in the
Spirit within us,
and He is our Brother,
not our long, far off
distant relative.
He is our living Brother,
now
We are His companions, His
disciples
Just as much as the first
twelve,
who shared the bread, the
wine
We are His contemporaries,
their peers
a big, rambunctious living
family
Heirs in the first degree
Feeling the presently risen
Christ
walking that Emmaus Road,
the journey of our lives
after the rising on Easter
Living with the Christ in
the present tense
HE IS RISEN; Christ IS risen
indeed!
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edited
November 23, 2014
Risen,
in the Present Tense – v4
(editing
original again)
edited
November 23, 2014
Risen,
in the Present Tense – v3
(editing
version 2)
edited
April 12, 2014
Risen,
in the Present Tense – v2
March
15, 2008
Risen,
in the Present Tense
The "mystery of faith" from the Great Thanksgiving
versus the Apostle's Creed
Walk to Emmaus
&
Prayers for
the Women’s Walk to Emmaus
Crossroads
Walk to Emmaus of New England
Walk to Emmaus
Luke 24:13-35
grace
love
Luke 15:11-32
Prodigal Son
Mark 10:17-31
The Parable of
the Rich Man
(same template
from 11/4/2012)
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