It’s Holy Week, and so are thoughts are naturally drawn to Jesus’ cross and resurrection. We will listen to scenes from the Passion of our Lord read in church and meditate on our Lord’s suffering and all that it means for us. And on Sunday we will gather to hear, like the first disciples, the good news of Jesus’ resurrection. Gathered together we will pray and sing and give thanks for all this means for us and, indeed, for the world. This is, to borrow the old words, “meet, right and salutary,” for as the Apostle Paul writes, the confession of Jesus’ death and resurrection is “of first importance,” that is, stands at the...

Last week I talked about making room for regret, staving off the cultural impulse to “have no regrets” so that we might recognize and confess that we make mistakes, can learn from them, and be reminded of our aspirations and unrealized possibilities and potential through them. This week I want to invite us to make room for doubt. As I am reading the accounts of the resurrection in preparation for Easter I’ve been struck, once again, by the fact that none of the disciples – those who travelled with Jesus, knew him best, and heard his predictions and promises – greeted the resurrected Jesus with the words, “I knew it!” or...