Good morning! Christ is risen! Christ is risen indeed! Happy Easter!

Several times this week I have revised this sermon message, wanting to incorporate the emotions of this Holy Week, to understand the last week as a journey with Jesus and the disciples. The joy and triumph of Palm Sunday quickly seems to move into the intimacy of Maundy Thursday with its meal shared among friends, the servant leader Jesus washing the feet of his disciples, and the breaking of bread and sharing of cup. We then quickly move to the pain and suffering of Good Friday, of the betrayal, arrest, torture, crucifixion, and death. And then it was Saturday. All day Saturday, I wondered how the disciples spent their day. They were in the in-between time, the time between the loss of their beloved friend and teacher, an…