{"id":144915,"date":"2026-05-01T18:41:43","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T22:41:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=144915"},"modified":"2026-05-01T18:42:26","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T22:42:26","slug":"kate-bowler-living-into-easter-joy-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=144915","title":{"rendered":"Kate Bowler\u2013Living into Easter Joy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We are an Easter people living in the story that started under the bright stars in a stable at Bethlehem, moved into the darkness that shrouded Christ on the cross, and now stands breathless before biggest occasion to crash into our history. Fleming Rutledge<\/a> calls it \u201cthe transhistorical event<\/a>,\u201d where the true nature of God was revealed in Christ.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rutledge says:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The resurrection is not a set piece. It is not an isolated demonstration of divine dazzlement\u2026 Since the resurrection is God\u2019s mighty transhistorical Yes to the historically crucified Son, we can assert that the crucifixion is the most important historical event that has ever happened. \u2026The resurrection ratifies the cross as the<\/em> way \u201cuntil He comes.\u201d The Crucifixion<\/em><\/a> (44)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

We live in the now and the \u2018not yet.\u2019 And in the meantime, which is what we have\u2014the \u2018meantime\u2019\u2014our songs are like those in Tolkien\u2019s Lord of the Rings<\/em><\/a> on the Fields of Cormallen, where the minstrel sang to all the host \u201cuntil their hearts, wounded with sweet words, overflowed, and their joy was like swords, and they passed in thought out to regions where pain and delight flow together, and tears are the very wine of blessedness.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Christ has died, Christ has risen, Christ will come again! Alleluia!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>

The Resurrection of Christ, 1450\u20131490, (Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, Maryland). A Nottingham alabaster. English sculpture industry from the XIV century until the early XVI century. This has led to refer to them as \u201cNottingham alabaster\u201d.#sculpture<\/a> #resurrection<\/a> @ALEXEDSIO<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/lTw7CKTELe<\/a><\/p>— Miguel Calabria (@MiguelCalabria3) April 4, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote>