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The Aroma of the New

Philip Yancey — Fri, 26 Apr 2024 07:57:21 +0000

Easter came early this year, sneaking into the calendar even ahead of April. To extend the season, and linger in its bright promise of resurrection, here is a guest blog post by the remarkable artist Makoto Fujimura, adapted from a commencement address he gave at Belhaven University in 2011. CNN selected it as one of ... Read more

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A World Without Easter

Philip Yancey — Sun, 24 Mar 2024 07:45:51 +0000

In the summer of 2022 I visited the charming Alpine town of Oberammergau, Germany. I wandered its leafy streets lined with mural-painted houses, their balconies overflowing with flower boxes. After indulging in ice cream and shopping for the town’s famed woodcarvings, I settled in my theater seat for a five-and-a-half-hour performance of Jesus’ final week ... Read more

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Passover, Easter, and COVID-19

Philip Yancey — Mon, 13 Apr 2020 07:30:21 +0000

On Wednesday and Thursday nights last week, as Jews gathered in some virtual way around the Seder feast, they asked, “How is this night different from all other nights?” Christians would do well to reflect similarly. The Jewish celebration of Passover and the Christian celebration of Holy Week overlapped this year. Both traditions recall dark ... Read more

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Now You See Him…

Philip Yancey — Sat, 15 Apr 2017 06:55:14 +0000

Have you ever wondered what Jesus was doing between the first Easter Sunday and his ascension six weeks later? The New Testament records ten appearances, half of them occurring on the same day, and all together occupying only a few hours of his time. What else was taking place? Free of his former body’s constraints, ... Read more

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