CHRIST IS RISEN

This morning we were reflecting on Jesus' post resurrection experiences. I concluded that we are called to make the resurrection credible through the ordinary lives that we lead seeking to follow Jesus. I wish I had found these words by AN Wilson beforehand:

"The Resurrection, which proclaims that matter and spirit are mysteriously conjoined, is the ultimate key to who we are. It confronts us with an extraordinarily haunting story.
J. S. Bach believed the story, and set it to music. Most of the greatest writers and thinkers of the past 1,500 years have believed it.
But an even stronger argument is the way that Christian faith transforms individual lives - the lives of the men and women with whom you mingle on a daily basis, the man, woman or child next to you in church tomorrow morning. "

AN Wilson is a well known historian and ( and until recently!) athiest who even wrote books challenging Christian faith. He has now come to believe in the physical resurrection of Jesus.His journey towards faith has been largely linked to the faith of family and friends.

"My belief has come about in large measure because of the lives and examples of people I have known - not the famous, not saints, but friends and relations who have lived, and faced death, in the light of the Resurrection story, or in the quiet acceptance that they have a future after they die."

What an encouraging story. You can read the entire article here