It started with waving palms and declarations of a new ruler. The week was anticipating a busy end, with Passover flooding the city. It was an easy week, but the leadership needed to hold on to power, so they schemed to betrayal—a meal in anticipation of salvation, a meal calling for service and love. Then into the garden to pray and sleep and wonder where this week would end, but he knew a cross and an empty grave. May the 50 days of Easter fill you with anticipation, joy, and the faith to go to the tomb early each day to change the world like the women that day. And when you doubt, go with Peter to be amazed at how much love is in an empty tomb.
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