In January 2010, I was traveling in India when one morning's newspaper told us the news of the earthquake in Haiti. I was with a small group of seminarians, one of whom was from Wartburg Seminary. Many of her classmates were on a similar trip, doing service in Haiti at the time of the earthquake. Ben Larson, senior seminarian, died that day in the ruin of the earthquake in Haiti.
His wife, now pastor, Renee Splichal Larson, talks in this video about the resurrected life.
All of us have experienced loss. In this Easter season, we talk a lot about resurrection. But what does that actually look like in our daily lives, in our lives?
The last months and year have brought far too many stories of natural disasters and the wake of destruction they have brought. Prayers are added today for the people of Joplin Missouri, the newest devastated headline-makers, but all people recovering from loss and destruction old and new.
Easter holds real promises for new life.
2 Corinthians 5:17: So if anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation: everything old has passed away; see, everything has become new!
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