“Don’t get into things!”

How many times did you hear that directive as a kid. Mom had to run to the store for a minute or Dad was tied up on a project in the garage. Knowing what children will do when left to their own devices, the last ditch effort of “out‑of‑sight” parenting is the generic and ultimately unenforceable order — “Don’t get into things!”

Like that ever stopped kids from burrowing into the back of closets as Christmas closed in. Like that ever kept the curious chemist from testing things like putting Mentos in soda bottles or trying to melt chocolate chunks into “hot chocolate.” Being empowered by freedom coupled with being unsupervised makes it far too tempting for any and all of us to “get into things.”

Jesus’ resurrection was the miraculous “happy ending” his disciples …