John 20: 16 NIV - Jesus said to her, “Mary.” She turned toward him and cried out in Aramaic, “Rabboni!” (which means “Teacher”)

Easter called Mary by name. Easter became a personal experience for her. Easter became real, genuine. Easter became powerful and authentic and most of all, Easter became life changing.

Is Easter genuine to you? Is it authentic? Life changing? Or is it just Easter: another holiday in our calendar.

Today, on Easter Sunday, Mark encourages us to listen to our risen Saviour, Jesus Christ, as He calls us by name.

He can change our despair to hope, anguish to happiness, pain to freedom, unknown into a known exciting future with a certain eternity.

Listen to the testimony of the Centurion from yesterday's Good Friday podcast from Tony Shaw.

In just 24 hours the course of the human race was changed.

What a difference a Day makes! Today, on Good Friday, Tony shares some thoughts about the impact of Christ's death on the Centurion who exclaimed "Surely this man was the Son of God" in Mark 15: 39.

Judas and Peter are very different characters who both spent three years with Jesus, listening to His teachings and witnessing His miracles and yet Judas went out into the darkness of the night whereas Peter walked into the brightness of the day.

Today Gwen shares some thoughts on both Judas and Peter and their very different life outcomes.

Our lives are like a tapestry, a work of art crafted beautifully by God. God weaves together the threads of life to create an amazing tapestry that one day we will be able to see.

We may be experiencing the ugly side of our tapestry, the knots and dark threads but we can remind ourselves of who our God is, what He is like and how much he understands our pain. We have a God we can trust, a weaver who can give us hope in the darkest of times.

Today Anne shares an analogy of life inspired by Corrie Ten Boom and reminds us that we might only see the reverse side of our tapestry but we can trust and know that God is forming a beautiful piece that gives glory to Him and shows good to others.

Sometimes we just don't know what to do. Whether it's knowing what's best or making a decision, sometimes we just don't know.

In todays podcast, Callum shares some things that we should do when we don't know what to do:

Each day we have tens to hundreds of encounters; meetings with others. What are the most important meetings that you have had in your life?

In todays podcast, Carole shares some examples of meetings from the Bible and encourages us to think about these questions:

Carole also shares a quote from Arthur Blessit:

What if you were on the way to heaven and met a friend who was on the way to hell, would they say "Wow I wish I had listened to you when you were showing and telling me about Jesus" or would they say "Hey! You knew about Jesus and you never told me, I never knew you were a follower of His!"

Jo Goodman shares the story of Paul and his many God given opportunities and encourages us to make the most of the opportunities we are given for such a time as this.

Sue reminds us that God has a plan for our lives and we just need to trust him. The example she uses in the podcast is the story of Ruth