Easter Sunday is a day of holy celebration, an opportunity to reflect on humanity's need for redemption and rejoice in the provision of Jesus' resurrection. Watch this short video from BibleProject to gain a better understanding of the resurrection and the events surrounding it.

ARTICLE BY KARA ANGUS: God grants authority to humans through a blessing and a commission. There is a theme of mutuality, work and specific purpose granted to both. Being made in the image of God, imago Dei, is a call to action with value and purpose built into our very DNA.

STORY BY ELIZABETH STEWART: Hot tears burned my eyes. I pushed back from the fuzzysticky table and glared. “Let me be clear,” I growled. “I…will submit to no man.”

BY CHRYSTIE COLE: My soul is a well-worn wood floor that’s known ten thousand heavy footfalls. Creaking and cracking and popping under the weight of it all.

ART BY SOFIA RECTOR: The eye of the Lord is on those who wait upon his love. Psalm 33:18

ART + REFLECTION BY SOFIA RECTOR: When an acorn falls, when a seed is planted, all I see is a drift of dirt. But so much is happening underground to bring life out of that dark place of brokenness.

Article by Scott Sauls: The transfer of grace is not only something that happens between God and people, but also between people and people. It’s a community affair, not a private affair.

No one has had a more profoundly shifted my understanding of Jesus's teaching than Jesus himself, of course. But N.T. Wright runs a close second.