How have you experienced “resurrection” in your own life?

Among the things I’d like to see in heaven is a debate between the evangelists Matthew and Luke. For two guys in the same line of work, they sure had their differences when it came to telling the story. The scholars offer reasons for the discrepancies: variant sources, audiences, and motivations being among them.

I stood atop a mesa in New Mexico from where I could see for miles. I was struck by the contrast between the vast stretches of barren desert and the narrow band of abundant life skirting the bank of a dry riverbed.

In the book A Hand to Guide Me, actor Denzel Washington recounts how he keeps with him the first letter of recommendation he received from his English teacher when he was applying to the American Conservatory Theatre.

A seasoned husband-and-wife jazz duet was being interviewed on television. It was fun seeing clips of their earlier days and hearing the behind-the-scenes stories of how they met and what other jazz greats they worked with throughout their long careers.

As we ponder our final destination, we ask God to help us learn to trust.

We need to understand our exploration is not an effort to get anywhere. My starting point is that we’re already there. We cannot attain the presence of God because we’re already totally in the presence of God. What’s absent is awareness.