Friday's thoughts

Easter Sunday Worship

6am sermon (It was very early in the Morning)
8am -- sermon (Come and See)
9:30 am -- sermon (Come and See)
11:00 am -- sermon (Come and See)

I am preaching in all four services

Charles Schuster

What Easter does for us and the message of hope Easter gives to us is one of the most powerful and important we hear any time of year.

Our attention is given to the risen Christ and to the "turn around" the disciples demonstrated after Jesus' death upon the cross; after the body was taken to the tomb; and after the disciples realized that death could not hold Jesus and that his spirit continued to live and continued to inspire them to fulfill the gospel in the way they lived their lives. Put simply, if you want proof of the resurrection you don't have to look further than the existence of the church. Had there not been something that turned the disciples around there would be no church that bears the name Christian today.

There are three ways I am suggesting Easter speaks to us.
1. When we have done something that we wish we hadn't; there is hope for us and we need not live with regret.
2. When things have been done to us that we wish wouldn't have happened; there is hope for us and we need not look to retreat.
3. When all has been said and done for us and we face the end of our lives; there is hope for us and we need not languish in resignation.


The most important thing for us to realize about Jesus and resurrection has more to do with us than with Jesus; but because of what happened to Jesus, what we will want to remind ourselves is "there is hope for us."

Is there any more important message than that?

What do you think? If you have ideas on this write me at charlesschuster@fcfumc.net. If you are willing to let others read and respond to your thoughts click on the box below.

I look forward to hearing from you.


Charles Schuster