April 12, 2026 – Second Sunday of Easter
Gospel: John 20:29-31
Dr. Raj Nadella, “Preaching Thomas and Embodied Solidarity”
What made Thomas name Jesus God and Lord was not his energy however his wounds and scars. It was not the resurrection alone that convinces Thomas of the Lordship of Jesus however the assurance that Jesus did in reality place his physique on the cross. For Thomas, the scars symbolize Christ’s dedication to problem the facility of the empire, to undergo together with the powerless, and stand in solidarity with them.
Ryan Panzer, “Doubting Thomas: A Disciple for a Digital Age”
We dwell in a tradition the place we’re virtually too fast to consider – not in God, not in Christ – however in what we see and skim on-line. In tweets, memes, and TikTok movies, we’re all liable to believing, with out verification, to inserting our religion in untrustworthy sources.
Laura Jean Truman, “Easter: The Sacredness of a Good Feast”
We rigorously learn by Lenten devotionals and quit issues for forty days, however then rush by Easter as if it’s at some point, and by no means take time to consider what fifty days of feasting may appear like for our so-tired souls.
April 19, 2026 – Third Sunday of Easter
Psalm: Psalm 116:1-4, 12-19
Rev. Dr. Walter Brueggemann, “Undeserving in Michigan”
It’s then work of the church to nurture and evoke such practices of thanks which will problem in lives of gratitude. In a lifetime of gratitude, the measure of “deserving” or “undeserving” merely turns into irrelevant. The middle of our lives is reconfigured round generosity that want by no means be coerced, however is at all times glad and past restrict or calculation.
