The acts of heroic intervention, even small, point us towards a world that God is actively resurrecting. We all have the chance to work toward the redemption of all things in real time.

Just as seeds must die to form new life, resurrection requires a process of transformation.

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We are in a great company who bear witness to the fact that we threw the worst we could at God on this day years ago, and God was able to remind us of what love looks like.

As Christians, there can be two impulses with the crucifixion and resurrection. We can avert our eyes and seek to go directly to the resurrection, with its awesome display of God’s power over death, or we can dwell on the crucifixion and never make our way to the resurrection.