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Jesus has risen! We can well understand the excitement of the gathered disciples of Jesus and the believers. He is risen! Death could not hold him; the grave had to release him. More than 2000 years later, we still greet each other with these enthusiastic words on Easter morning. “Jesus is truly risen!” Jesus' resurrection sparked a movement that continues today - it began with a few dozen Jewish men and women sharing the good news...

I will never forget the answer my wife Susan gave when I told her that I loved her very much and would she consider marrying me. She said yes, but she would have to ask her father for permission first. Luckily her father agreed with our decision. Anticipation is an emotion. She is eagerly waiting for a future, positive event. We also waited with joy for our wedding day and the time to start our new life together...

When it was time to come home, I would still hear Dad's whistle or my mom's call from the porch after we'd spent the whole day outside. When I was a child, we would play outside until the sun went down and the next morning we would be outside again to watch the sunrise. The loud call always meant it was time to come home. We recognized the call because we knew who gave it. In the book of Isaiah we see how God...