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Stanley Spencer, The Resurrection at Cookham; Oil on canvas; 1923-27. Death is something we all must face and all, in one way or another, fear. There is a finality to it that is shocking and feels unnatural to us. Even though we understand and experience the breakdown of our bodies, even "natural" death feels wrong, …
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Each week during Eastertide I am posting a poem that helps me engage more meaningfully with Jesus' resurrection. Here is R. S. Thomas' poem "Resurrection" from Selected Poems. Thomas was an Anglican priest and a leading Anglo-Welsh poet of the 20th century. Easter. The grave clothes of winterare still here, but the sepulchreis empty. A …
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Stanley Spencer, The Resurrection at Cookham; Oil on canvas; 1923-27. Death is something we all must face and all, in one way or another, fear. There is a finality to it that is shocking and feels unnatural to us. Even though we understand and experience the breakdown of our bodies, even "natural" death feels wrong, …
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Matthew Erickson 