No More Nightmares [Easter 4C]
The Rev. Jeremiah Williamson Revelation 7:9-17 No More Nightmares It turns out that that first Easter morning was not the end of the story. It wasn't the pretty bow on the top of the tidy box of salvation history. Now, that would have made sense; it would have been a great ending, a strong climax, end it all with the resurrection of Jesus – just like the end of Mel Gibson's Passion of the Christ: you end it on the high note, then roll the credits. But alas, it was not the end. It is not even the end of Easter; it is actually the beginning of a new season in the life of the Church – and I mean that in every sense. But new does not mean tidy. Nothing in the post-Easter world was tidy. This has been evident in our Easter season Gospels. In a post-Easter world Jesus is still sporting open wounds, Mary Magadelene was still crying and confused, the disciples locked all their doors because they were so afraid, and Peter and his friends went back to their f...