Here's the scene. The disciples are huddled together and they have just heard Simon's account of experiencing the risen Christ when Cleopas and his companion enter and add word of their encounter with the risen Christ. Luke describes the scene like this: "While they were talking about this, Jesus himself stood among them and said to them, 'Peace be with you.' They were startled and terrified, and thought they were seeing a ghost" (v. 36).  This account picks us up at a point where -- were we to be present at Easter's ground zero -- we also would have been -- "talking," "startled," and "terrified."  Those words sum up how we behave in the face of unexpected news, good or bad. Yes, I said both bad and good. When the news is bad, such responses are understandable. But we also experience them …