Content related to Mark 16

[Note: John 20 gets assigned by the Lectionary for every Easter Sunday in the three-year cycle. Since I have posted sermon ideas on that text often over the years, this year I will go with the alternative text from Mark 16.  But if you want to view a John 20 sermon commentary from last year,…

Suppose a grandfather calls his granddaughter over and says to her, “Sweetie, out on the back porch I have a special surprise for you: a new bike!”  Upon hearing this news the little girl will probably quickly run out to see the bike.  If so, you might describe her as sprinting away from her grandfather,…