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What if the Resurrection did not happen?  How would that change our thoughts and the way we live, culture, or the world?  Let's use this as a frame for gratitude for the gifts that Easter does bring us.

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Here are some resources I hope will help you to engage with this week's topic in a deeper way for yourself:

1. Easter Sunday Musings, from author Diana Butler Bass

2. Kids' video: An Easter Carol (VeggieTales)

3. "Hope's Song", from An Easter Carol

4. Song: Ubi Caritas, by Durufle, performed by Kings College Choir

5. Song: Hallelujah Is Our Song, by Sarah Hart

6. Song: Christ is Risen, by Matt Maher

7. Journal Prompts: 

What do I believe about the death and resurrection of Jesus? How has that belief changed over time?

How do those events change how I live today, or how the history of the world has progressed over time?

8. Take a Walk: notice the blooming flowers in the ground and on trees, take pictures, examine them.  How is Creation speaking to you about how God works?

9. Children's Book: The Three Trees, by Angela Elwell Hunt

10. The Resurrection of Jesus, by the Bible Project