The message of Easter is that we are Easter people, and for Easter people Monday morning after Easter Sunday is never back to business as usual. And the Good News is that God won't allow it. Peter and the other 10 got back in the boat and went fishing ... back to 'business as usual.' Jesus went out to find them and met them on the lake shore to show them that Easter isn't contained by one day and one event. Now, everything is different ... nothing is 'business as usual' anymore.
Read MoreThe message of Easter is an invitation to move away from trusting only what we can see and touch with our eyes and fingers to trusting what our spirits tell us is true. It is an invitation to believe what God says is true, and we find that truth at a level much deeper than what the senses can know. Thomas thought he needed to touch the bruised flesh of Jesus to find the truth. But he discovered truth when Jesus touched the bruised spirit of Thomas.
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