{"id":3015,"date":"2019-04-23T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-04-23T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/?p=3015"},"modified":"2019-04-17T17:11:06","modified_gmt":"2019-04-17T21:11:06","slug":"no-pew-potatoes-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/no-pew-potatoes-here\/","title":{"rendered":"No \u201cPew Potatoes\u201d Here!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-html-block\"><iframe title=\"No &quot;Pew Potatoes&quot; Here 4\/23\/19\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/media\/player\/ugpfj-ad2b45?from=yiiadmin&amp;download=1&amp;version=1\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/media\/player\/ugpfj-ad2b45?from=yiiadmin&amp;download=1&amp;version=1\" height=\"122\" width=\"100%\" style=\"border: none;\" scrolling=\"no\" data-name=\"pb-iframe-player\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p dir=\"auto\"><strong><u>Jesus returns from the dead and meets his disciples in different places: the garden, the Emmaus Road, the seashore, the Upper Room<\/u>. <\/strong><u>He witnesses to them that he is alive, that he is back from the dead with a body.<\/u> <\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\"><u>Jesus isn&#8217;t content to send them a postcard from heaven<\/u>: <strong>HAVING A GREAT TIME. WISH YOU WERE HERE.<\/strong> <u>No<\/u>. <u>He shows up among them as his own witness<\/u>.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\"><em>And he recruits as witnesses those other people with bodies. Jesus wants them to move out and tell everyone who will listen and everyone who won&#8217;t listen, that bodies count\u2026.<u>that he&#8217;s back from the dead with a body, threatening them with life<\/u>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\"><em>Those who recognize his witness become witnesses themselves. They put their bodies on the line. They become contagious with the forgiveness they&#8217;ve caught, carriers of resurrection themselves.    <\/em><em><u>A God Notice<\/u><\/em><\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\"><strong>T<\/strong><u>hat&#8217;s what this back-to-life Jesus wants of us<\/u><strong>: <\/strong><u>not names on a list<\/u><strong>, or what someone has called &#8220;<\/strong><u>pew potatoes<\/u><strong>.&#8221; Jesus wants us as <\/strong><u>witnesses<\/u><strong>. Not <\/strong><u>airy spirits<\/u><strong> or <\/strong><u>pious ghosts<\/u><strong>, but bodies like his own with <\/strong><u>wounds to show<\/u><strong>\u2026..<u>bodies that witness to resurrection<\/u>, <u>threatening the world with life<\/u>. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\"><em><strong>The only Easter some people may ever see\u2026. <\/p>\n<p><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong><u>Is the Easter they see in you and me<\/u>.<br \/><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; Jesus returns from the dead and meets his disciples in different places: the garden, the Emmaus Road, the seashore, the Upper Room. He witnesses to them that he is alive, that he is back from the dead with a body. 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