QUALITY CONTROL — This was the idea I came up with to describe the aim of this part of the Easter Season. The commentators for these Sundays say the Scriptures answer a key question: How can the movement started by Jesus continue in his earthly absence? How does the new community stay true to Jesus without him there? The answer is Quality Control. After Easter Sunday and the following ones proclaimed the Resurrection of Christ, these weeks move the focus into the community of

Just what is Eternal Life anyway, since we talk about it through the Easter Season? I started this last week. I do this because I’ve heard a misunderstanding about it. People have told me they don’t want me to wish eternal life on them. They think it means they have to die first. Nothing could be further from the truth. Eternal Life doesn’t start when we die. We’re born with God’s life in us, His spirit breathed into the clay we’re made of. Baptism confers a special, clear li