Rumours of Resurrection

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(April 4, 2010 – Kim Pierrot)

The first half of Luke 24 does not portray Jesus’ disciples at their best. They are frightened, disbelieving and wondering. Even when they are presented with eyewitness testimony of what was (or wasn’t) found at the tomb, it all sounds to them like nonsense. News of the resurrection is not met with joy. At least, not at first. The idea of the bodily resurrection of their Master is just too ludicrous.

 Two thousand years later, are we that different from them? Resurrection is a lovely metaphor, but we remain frightened, disbelieving and wondering in the face of life’s challenges: a diagnosis of cancer, a struggling marriage, a battle with addiction. The idea of God resurrecting something out of that is just too ludicrous.

 And still, like Peter, we gather at the tomb. We have heard rumours of resurrection, and so we come to church on Easter Sunday, wondering. What if it is true? What if Jesus met us here and spoke words of life and truth? How would our lives change?

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