We discover that the cross is not the end of the story for Jesus, but see how those early disciples found it hard to work out what the next chapter of his story was really all about. We see joy beginning to emerge once again. We see recognition of the resurrected Jesus beginning to grow. We see understanding beginning to clarify and to match what has been read in Scripture. Then we discover that even this is not the end of his story, but that there are further chapters which include those early disciples, and which ultimately include us as the present-day witnesses of him. Let us emerge and grow and enter fully into the ongoing story.

The Revd. David Hildred