From Cross to Community: The Amazing Transformation
4-3-16 (Easter 2C) Acts 5:27-32; John 20:19-31 From Cross to Community: The Amazing Transformation As we move through the next six weeks between now and Pentecost, or the time known as “Easter-tide,” the lectionary shifts gears a little bit - the readings move away from the Old Testament as we focus instead on the early beginnings of the church. The Gospel readings share some of the initial “first encounters” that the apostles have with the risen Christ, while the readings from Acts take us along with those same apostles, particularly Peter and Paul, as the evangelize to the world, planting churches wherever they go and building up the body of Christ. The readings for these next several weeks show an interesting theme that we will be exploring in a series together as we journey “From Cross to Community” together. In a way, it’s sort of unfortunate that we spend a week at a time in between each new passage, particularly as we hear today’s reading from John....