Yesterday at Bible Time, Alec was looking through the new Bible story book we’re reading, and he found a picture of light streaming out of an empty tomb.

“Can we read this story, Mom?”

I told him that Easter was actually this coming weekend, and that Easter is when we celebrate that very story, and of course we could read it.

It started with the crucifixion, and as I read I tried to make sure Alec especially understood why it was that Jesus had to die, but as I tried to talk about it, he kind of brushed off what I was saying with, “But in three days . . .”

Yes, in three days came the resurrection. And when we read it all as one story, when we know that glorious ending, it’s hard to remember to sit with the enormity of the crucifixion. ...continue reading →