While It Was Still Dark

Published: April 17, 2022, 8 p.m.

1am. 2am 3am. Technically, these are early morning hours, but as anyone who\u2019s woken up then knows, it is still quite dark. Sometimes only the clock tells you it\u2019s the morning and not midnight. The Gospel According to John is clear that, just as a new day is born in the dark, whatever resurrection is, it\u2019s something that begins while it is still dark. And doubt is one of the Easter dark's greatest gifts. (John 20:1-18) The Rev. John MacIver Gage, preaching

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