Presby-Musings

Hope is what you get when you realize that a different worldview is possible, a worldview in which the rich and the powerful, and the unscrupulous do not after all have the last word. - N. T. Wright. Several years ago, I went to the Holy Land Experience amusement park in Orlando--which I think is now closing down.  It's a strange place, to be honest.  I'm not sure just how much of the amusement park itself is representative of the Holy Land... but it's an experience, so there's that.  At the Holy Land Experience amusement park there is a replica of the Empty Tomb of Jesus.  This is a photo of the inside of the tomb: Yes. That is a door in the back of the Empty Tomb.  I have used this before in a sermon, but it's just too good to not use again.  I can't tell you how many deep theological problems this back door to the Empty Tomb creates.  But there it is.  I've had the opportunity to go on three different pilgrimages to the actua...

Several years ago, I went to the Holy Land Experience amusement park in Orlando .  It's a strange place, to be honest.  I'm not sure just how much of the amusement park itself is representative of the Holy Land ... but it's an experience , so there's that. At the Holy Land Experience amusement park there is a replica of the Empty Tomb of Jesus .  This is a photo of the inside of the tomb: Yes. That is a door in the back of the Empty Tomb .  I have used this before in a sermon, but it's just too good to not use again.  I can't tell you how many deep theological problems this back door to the Empty Tomb creates.  But there it is. I've had the opportunity to go on two different pilgrimages to the actual Holy Land in Israel, and am preparing for a third trip a year from now. As part of the trips I lead, we visit an area just outside of the Old City of Jerusalem that is believed by many to be the site of the garden where Jesus was buried in a bo...