Blessed are those who do not see yet believe

Alistair shares from John 20:19-31 and Acts 5:27-32 on the Second Sunday of Easter 2022 as part of KNEC Church Online.

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Quotations used:

1) Desmond Tutu wrote this, “Dear Child of God, it is often difficult for us to recognise the presence of God in our lives and in our world. In the clamour of the tragedy that fills the headlines we forget about the majesty that is present all around us. We feel vulnerable and often helpless. . . . But we are not helpless and with God’s love we are ultimately invincible. Our God does not forget those who are suffering and oppressed”.

2) Richard Rohr puts it like this, ”We’re finally indestructible when we recognise that the thing which could destroy us is the very thing that could enlighten us….God’s one and only job description is to turn death into life”.

3) Brian McLaren writes that, “Resurrection has begun. We are part of something rare, something precious, something utterly revolutionary. It feels like an uprising. An uprising of hope, not hate. An uprising armed with love, not weapons. An uprising that shouts a joyful promise of life and peace, not angry threats of hostility and death. It’s an uprising of outstretched hands, not clenched fists. It’s the “someday” we have always dreamed of, emerging in the present, rising up among us and within us. It’s so different from what we expected—so much better. This is what it means to be alive, truly alive. This is what it means to be en route, walking the road to a new and better day. Let’s tell the others: the Lord is risen!” [Brian D. McLaren, We Make the Road by Walking (New York: Jericho Books, 2014)]