Why I Need the Resurrection

On the website Patheos, nine bloggers shared why they need the resurrection, in 100 words or less.

Kara Root, pastor of Lake Nokomis Presbyterian Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota wrote:

I need the Resurrection
because my sister is sick
and can’t afford insurance,
because I’ve told a weeping Haitian mom,
“No, I can’t take your son home with me.”
because I’ve been rushed off a Jerusalem street
so a robot could blow up a bag that could’ve blown up us.
because I’ve exploded
in rage
and watched their tiny faces cloud with hurt.
because evil is pervasive
and I participate.
I need the Resurrection
because it promises
that in the end
all wrongs are made right.
Death loses.
Hope triumphs.
And Life and Love
Prevail.

After my sermon this Easter Sunday, my lay leader and I are going to alternate reading some of these brief statements of faith. I’ll end wish the question, “Why do you need the Resurrection? What would you say, in 100 words or less?”