Read Luke 24:1-12 with your family.

He is risen! He is risen, indeed! Happy Easter

It’s hard to imagine that between the Palm Sunday celebration from last week and the Easter celebration this week, that we have had the saddest week in the Christian year. All week we watched people get madder at Jesus and eventually the people representing the Roman Empire killed him. It was awful.

His friends waited and wondered if anyone would come after them. All of Jesus followers were sad, and we were sad when we remembered the story.

But the most wonderful thing happened Easter morning. Mary Magdalene and her friends went to the place where Jesus was buried and they discovered he wasn’t dead anymore. Jesus was alive!

And so we celebrate Jesus coming back to life today (and it’s okay if you have fun joking about zombies…. my kids always have).

Happy Easter. Christ is Risen. He is Risen Indeed, Hallelujah!