#easter – Twenty-something

Holy Saturday

In Eden’s garden, humanity broke.Among the beauty of the treesThey ate death,And angels shut the way.Millennia passed in ashes and smoke.Emmanuel was laid to rest in a garden,Hope was dead.The angels waited.

Before the Resurrection

Saturday is a day that gets missed in celebrating Easter. There’s Thursday with the Last Supper, Good Friday, and Easter Sunday. What about Saturday? The despair and lack of hope that the disciples and followers of Jesus must have faced after the crucifixion needs to be remembered as well. I wrote this poem for theContinue reading “Before the Resurrection”