When disorientation occurs in our lives, when drama arrives, or difficulties descend, to what do we return? Where do we look? And what are we open to see? In our Biblical story today, there is someone who appears in the room… That is, in appearing, he is seen….We may look around, sometimes very confused, longing to discover some connection that will extend us and move us on; something that will re-orient us. If we are open to see, we may discover that in the figure of a Christ who beckons us forward into life. The disciples see that person, somewhat surprisingly, but real and recognizable, in the resurrected Jesus.

The resurrection image of Jesus draws us to consider both the familiarity of a ‘man’ who lived and breathed and drew us along a journey, as well as ‘man’ who extends our reality in extraordinary ways. He appears, is recognized, and extends the moment. He is the point at which life re-aligns.

By its very definition, ‘re-creation’ refers to the creative energy rising up into a new reality, a new normal. But there needs to be discovered a solid base from which that rising can emerge.

Every time we are confronted by life’s complexity, we need to really grapple with what is important to us, and we need to return to the base from which we must live. We return to the story that bids us forward. The story of one who appears in a room, and beckons us to join in a resurrection life -story.”     Anne