Practice Resurrection

Erik preached on Easter, taking inspiration from the final line of a poem by Wendell Berry: “Practice Resurrection.” Resurrection is something that happens in each Christian’s life in the era between Christ’s first resurrection and the final resurrection of all. Here is how he put it:

Because resurrection life is life in which death has been overcome, we do not need to wait for death for it to begin. Death is like a wall that Christ has obliterated, not just so that we can reach eternal life on the other side, but so that eternal life can reach us. “You have been raised with Christ,” writes Paul Colossians. Resurrection life began that first Easter, and begins for each us when we receive Christ as Lord and throw our lot in with him.