As you listen to Gabrielle tell the story of the first Easter (according to the Gospel of Mark) imagine three young women acting out what she describes, their body language, the looks on their faces. That’s what the congregation experienced this morning in worship.

And after you have listened to this short storytelling moment, take a few moments to ponder your own responses to the questions Gabrielle poses:

What about new life from places of death amazes and frightens you and I?

What about new life from places of death amazes and frightens the church?

What is it that we are afraid to speak about?

What is the church afraid to speak about?