Tallowood

Mother’s Day and Eastertide converge again this year. What do moms really want? Is it flowers? Or perhaps a beautiful card? From observation, I would offer that moms want all their chicks to come home to the nest. This is not always possible. Jesus’ mother was with the other disciples and apostles when Jesus appeared among them.  Jesus revealed that he had come back to life. Then he gave the greatest gifts to the gathered disciples. Jesus’ resurrection kept his promises to his disciples in the first century and extends those same gifts to us today. Will we receive them?  Message based on Luke 24:36-49.Quotes:William Ross Wallace: All the world is in the cradle, and the hand that rocks the cradle rules the world. John Quincy Adams: All that I am, my mother made me.John Wesley: My heart was strangely warmed.William Barclay: Jesus promised his disciples three things—that they would be completely fearless, absurdly happy, and in constant trouble.Wolfhart Pannenburg: The evidence for Jesus' resurrection is so