Easter: Resurrection of the Lord Mark 16:1-8

Isaiah 25:6-9

Psalm 114

Romans 6:3-11

Mark 16:1-8

lectionary:

Season of easter, Year b

Author

Eunice McGarrahan

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Scripture (4)

Date Added

Jan 5, 2024

Preaching Commentary

The Text

The Short Ending or the Long ending?

This is not the Easter story we’re looking for. The short ending of Mark is not what we want or expect on Easter Sunday. We want celebration, big music, and the call and response, “Christ is…

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Author

Eunice McGarrahan

Eunice (“Junior”) McGarrahan is Teaching Pastor at the First Presbyterian Church in Colorado Springs. She has served as an Associate for Theology in the Office of Theology and Worship (PCUSA), as associate pastor at The National Presbyterian Church in Washington, DC, as well as other churches in Virginia and Kentucky. After thirty years of youth ministry, Junior went to Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary where she received her M. Div. And Th.M. She received her Doctor of Ministry degree from University of Dubuque Theological Seminary, writing on the Eucharistic theology of the Heidelberg Catechism. She is married and the McGarrahans have one son who lives and works in the DC area.

Easter: Resurrection of the Lord Mark 16:1-8

Preaching Commentary

The Text

The Short Ending or the Long ending?

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