The opening from John 20 echoes Genesis 1 and reframes everything that follows. Christ, through his death and resurrection, re-ordered a history that had veered off its original trajectory, and restored it once again to the path of salvation. Peter’s speech in Acts 10 grounds the resurrection in testimony (“witnesses”), while Colossians 3 makes it personal and present-tense (“you have been raised”). We have been raised, indeed, to be witnesses to this truth. Not witnesses in a courtroom, but witnesses in the street, in the home, in the quiet courage of a life lived differently because of this empty tomb. Alleluia, … Continue reading #SV – On the First Day