We have examined a number of "Turning Points" in the Gospel narrative, but perhaps none is as vivid as what happened to two despairing disciples who met the Living Christ on that first Easter day. Let us imagine that it is evening on that first Easter. Walking northward along the narrow road to the village of Emmaus are two of Jesus' followers. Their shoulders are slumped, their heads are bowed, and even a casual observer can read the dejection and the disillusionment on their faces. Utterly disheartened by the cruel death inflicted on the one they had thought was God's Messiah, these two men symbolize all the disillusionment and despair that hangs over our world as people ask, "Why do bad things continue to happen to good people?" For a long time, they walk in silence. Then the younger ma…