{"id":50,"date":"2010-04-01T08:36:00","date_gmt":"2010-04-01T08:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/thinplaces\/2010\/04\/why-i-need-the-resurrection.html"},"modified":"2010-04-01T08:36:00","modified_gmt":"2010-04-01T08:36:00","slug":"why-i-need-the-resurrection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/thinplaces\/2010\/04\/why-i-need-the-resurrection.html","title":{"rendered":"Why I Need the Resurrection"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>I was asked to participate in another &#8220;Theoblogger challenge&#8221; on the website Patheos. The question I needed to answer, in 100 words or less, was &#8220;Why I Need the Resurrection.&#8221; <\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Here&#8217;s my answer:<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family:georgia\"><i><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: medium\">Shower, breakfast, kids to school, myself to work, go running, make dinner, kids to bed, check email, sleep. It&#8217;s easy to forget. But after the earthquake in Haiti, I need the resurrection. When my friend\u2019s parents die in a plane crash, I need the resurrection. When another IED explodes, I need the resurrection. And when I see the flash of blue and yellow of a bird in flight, when apartheid ends, when my kids hold hands, I need the resurrection. In the sorrow and the joy, the resurrection reminds me: goodness will last, light overcomes darkness, life triumphs over death.<\/span><\/i><\/span><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family:georgia, Helvetica, sans-serif;color:#222222\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: medium;line-height: 13px\"><i><br \/><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family:georgia, Helvetica, sans-serif;color:#222222\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: medium;line-height: 13px\">To read more responses, click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/Resources\/Additional-Resources\/Why-I-Need-the-Resurrection.html\">here<\/a>. <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was asked to participate in another &#8220;Theoblogger challenge&#8221; on the website Patheos. The question I needed to answer, in 100 words or less, was &#8220;Why I Need the Resurrection.&#8221; Here&#8217;s my answer: Shower, breakfast, kids to school, myself to work, go running, make dinner, kids to bed, check email, sleep. 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