Recognizing Jesus

Even when Easter feels strange or isolating, Jesus is still who He always was — the way maker who conquered death. Like the first disciples, we can misunderstand or miss Him until He calls us by name, and once we hear Him and see Him clearly, our darkness gives way to His light.

Jesus is alive, and that changes everything, but it is possible to stand right in front of that good news and miss it because we are stuck seeing only endings. Mary Magdalene, convinced Jesus was dead, could not recognize Him even when He stood before her, until He called her name. Pastor Bill invites listeners to stop assuming their situation, or God Himself, is a dead end, and instead put their faith in the Jesus who arrested death so a new life can begin.