What If You Stopped Looking For Death

About this episode

The episode explores the intersection of grief and faith, emphasizing the importance of hope and resurrection through the story of Mary Magdalene.

Silence can be the cruelest part of faith. The trauma has already happened, Friday is already over, and you’re left in the long, airless Saturday where hope feels like a rumor. We start there on purpose, because Easter isn’t a denial of grief, it’s God meeting us inside it. From the first moments of John’s Gospel while it is still dark, we follow Mary Magdalene’s stubborn love that keeps showing up even with a stone in the way, trusting that resurrection is coming. Along the way, we ta...

Topics covered

• faith
• grief
• resurrection
• Easter
• hope

Keywords

• silence
• trauma
• John's Gospel
• Mary Magdalene

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