Communal Participation in Resurrection
Practicing Community – Part Sixteen

On this Easter weekend, churches across the world are celebrating the resurrection of Jesus from the dead. A common refrain will be heard and echoed across many services and gatherings:

“Christ is risen!” 

And the response, “He is risen indeed!”

If I might be so bold, I’d like to propose an amendment to this declaration: 

“We are risen indeed!”

For we are the living resurrection of Christ today. Here and now.

If the body of Christ is the people of God, the church, the gathering together of those who are summoned in spirit—and Christ is risen—then we are risen indeed!

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