Category: easter

40 Day of Easter Project: May 1

ByRachel May 1, 2014 0 Comments
I bet you thought I'd forgotten about my Easter resolution? Not so!Being a college professor, this is the time of year when things get crazy. So I haven't had the time I wanted to intentionally pursue lots of Easter-y acts of celebration. However, I have had the chance to do things that I think are befitting of an Easter attitude, in the minutia of day-to-day life.First, I'm learning to show more...

40 Days of Easter: April 21

ByRachel April 21, 2014 0 Comments
(My to-do book. If it doesn't get written here, it doesn't happen.)To prove to myself that I would actually follow through on my 40 Days of Easter Project, I decided to start right away this morning. So here's my plan for today's Eastery-ness:I woke up this morning after a 3-day weekend realizing how woefully behind I am on work. E-mails to write, things to grade, messes to organize, problems to...

40 Days of Easter Project

ByRachel April 20, 2014 3 Comments
N.T. Wright, my favorite contemporary theologian, says the modern church has gotten the celebration of Easter a bit wrong.In his book Surprised by Hope, Wright takes readers back to a holistic view of God's purposes in Jesus' resurrection--a purpose that goes beyond personal fire insurance for individuals and encompasses the restoration and redemption of all creation. This means, argues Wright,...