The Things He Said: The story of the first Easter Day
Ebook
The follow-up to the author's highly successful The Things He Carried, this book takes the post-resurrection sayings of Jesus as starting-points and uses the same reflection format.
The meaning and significance of the resurrection, how it was first communicated and how it is communicated to us today, are explored by piecing together these sayings of Jesus.
However, the content may not quite be what we imagine. Following the resurrection, we would expect the triumphant 'I have risen from the dead'. Yet Jesus' statements are so different, so apparently innocuous, that they are often overlooked. The Christian faith stands or falls on the resurrection of Jesus; without it, says St Paul, we are to be most pitied. In this revelatory book of surprising reflections, Stephen Cottrell's retelling of the Easter story encourages us to slow down and hear it properly - perhaps for the very first time.
Acknowledgements ix
Introduction xi
Part One: Early Morning
1 3
2 Why are you weeping? 11
3 Who are you looking for? 17
4 Mary 23
5 Do not cling to me 29
6 My God and your God 35
Part Two: Late Afternoon
7 What are you discussing as you walk along? 41
8 Was it not necessary that the Messiah
should suffer? 51
9 Peace be with you 61
10 As the Father sent me, so I am sending you 65
Postscript: A biblical note - inhabiting the Scriptures 71
Discussion questions 77
- Title: The Things He Said: The story of the first Easter Day
- Author: Stephen Cottrell
- Publisher: SPCK Publishing
- Print Publication Date: 2009
- Logos Release Date: 2023
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Ebook
- ISBNs: 9780281062959, 9780281061976, 0281061971, 0281062951
- Resource ID: LLS:9780281062959
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2024-05-02T17:38:52Z