Easter is all about hope, but the truth is that many people are not feeling very hopeful right now. The resurrection stories remind us that Jesus doesn’t meet us in our hope, but first in our grief. It is in Mary’s grief and confusion that Jesus calls her name and invites her into hope for something that she cannot yet fully understand.

Where is God reaching out to you in your grief and pain and inviting you into hope?

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Note: For the next two weeks, ther will be no podcast episode because we are having a music service and a guest preacher at my church.

Be sure to check back on May 12th as we kick off our new series - “It’s Complicated - Family as a Means of Grace”

Podcast Intro recorded by Ariana Sefa