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To help children and families anticipate Easter, Helder wrote The Gift of the Cross: Celebrating Christ Through Holy Week and designed Resurrection Blocks. Conversation | December 09, 2021 3 Songs of the Resurrection from Latin America / 3 Cantos Latinoamericanos de Resurrección Carlos Colón demonstrates and talks about three songs for Easter, as part of the series "Songs from the hymnal / Cantos del himnario Santo, Santo, Santo / Holy, Holy, Holy.'" Musical Composition | Video | March 31, 2021 Good Shepherd Sunday Many Christian traditions mark the fourth Sunday of Easter as Good Shepherd Sunday, centering worship around the compelling image of Jesus Christ as our Good Shepherd as found in John 10, and complementing that with reading or singing Psalm 23 and other texts that unfold the beauty and power of this image. Resource Guide | April 13, 2020 3 Songs for Easter and Pentecost / 3 Cantos para Pascua de Resurrección y Pentecostés Carlos Colón demonstrates and talks about three songs for Easter and Pentecost, as part of the series "Songs from the hymnal / Cantos del himnario 'Santo, Santo, Santo / Holy, Holy, Holy.'" Musical Composition | Video | April 13, 2020 “We Have Seen the Lord!”: Preaching the Johannine Narratives of Jesus’s Resurrection Appearances In this workshop we looked at John’s distinctive resurrection narratives, which emphasize both the restoration of Jesus’s relationship with his disciples broken by his death and the continuity of Jesus’s relationship with and care for all his disciples across time and place amidst the obvious differences brought about by his resurrection and return to the Father. Audio | March 16, 2018 The Empty Tomb A visual symbol that can be placed on the cover of service bulletins, within the written liturgy, or on a large screen display. Image | March 28, 2017 Cross (Ionic/Celtic) A visual symbol that can be placed on the cover of service bulletins, within the written liturgy, or on a large screen display. Image | March 16, 2017 Heartsongs for Good Friday and Easter The death and resurrection of Jesus Christ is at the center of Christian faith, life, and worship. Every Good Friday and Easters, Christians from all over the world gather in remarkably different contexts to tell this story—and sing about what it means for us and the world God loves. Video | May 02, 2016 Easter Resource Guide Slideshow View a slideshow of visual arts from various churches. Slideshow | April 06, 2015 The Wardrobe of Easter: Compassion God's Word makes a breath-taking confession about followers of Jesus: they have become resurrected with their risen Lord. Reflection | April 19, 2014 The Wardrobe of Easter: Kindness Language that folks wouldn’t dream of using in face-to-face conversation has now become, sad to say, a normal part of their careless, coarsened interaction. How do you reduce the level of shrill and inappropriate talk and behavior? Reflection | April 18, 2014 The Wardrobe of Easter: Humility St. Paul commended it as a resurrection virtue. A humble person is within a millimeter of becoming like Christ himself, who “did not consider equality with God something to be grasped… but humbled himself and became obedient unto death—even death on a cross!” Reflection | April 17, 2014 The Wardrobe of Easter: Gentleness Gentleness ought to be an obvious character quality of every person who bears the Savior’s name. Christian leaders are not exempt. Wielding power over others as they are called to do, leaders are susceptible to treating their followers harshly and inappropriately. But Christian leaders who are gentle know that leadership is best expressed by those who show they care about those they lead. Reflection | April 16, 2014 The Wardrobe of Easter: Patience Patience-filled Christian saints keep cultivating their relationship with the Spirit and keep praying continually for his help in showing makrothumia everywhere and always toward all others, no matter how impatient and rude, no matter how grumbling and irritating those others at times may be. Reflection | April 15, 2014 The Wardrobe of Easter: Forgiveness Forgiving: it’s a challenging practice—perhaps no other command of Jesus is more difficult to obey. And it’s so counter-intuitive. Why give anyone a fresh start after he’s hurt you deeply? Why not just retaliate by knocking his block off? Reflection | April 14, 2014 The Wardrobe of Easter: Love What better place to celebrate the Good News of God’s agape and to get the instruction manual for learning how to live it out toward others than in the congregation of saints on Sunday morning? There we gather to hear about and to celebrate, to receive instruction and to pledge anew. Reflection | April 13, 2014 The Wardrobe of Easter: Peace The things which most unite Christians often most divide them. Honest believers at times honestly disagree. But too often—and too quickly—they turn disagreements into unholy quarrels. Reflection | April 12, 2014 The Wardrobe of Easter: Gratitude To be human is to be aware that life—one’s own life—is a sheer and undeserved gift from God. It is to revel and delight in its giftedness and to return thanks to the Giver. When the Giver hears an echo of gratitude, the circle becomes complete. Thus gratitude is an essential feature of living up to what God intended for his humans creatures when he made them. Reflection | April 11, 2014 The Wardrobe of Easter: Dwelling Together in God’s Word To grow and mature in our faith, we must learn, as Paul advises, to let God’s Word “dwell richly” in us. Prayerfully, humbly, and communally we must steep ourselves in it. Together we must read, study, and meditate it carefully. Together we must gladly open our minds and hearts to its message. Together we must courageously obey it. Reflection | April 10, 2014 The Wardrobe of Easter: Learning God’s Word An essential aspect of the Christian life is listening to and obeying God's word. Reflection | April 09, 2014 1 2 3 Next »