A short blog entry on Easter Sunday, a day off from running. Given where I am on the virtual pilgrimage, I would probably back track to Bloomington (especially if on an actual pilgrimage I would have support team) and go to the church of St. John the Apostle. What better weekend to go there than one on which the Good Friday service that I attended read from St. John's Gospel and we read from John's Gospel again today. And, as a runner, at least in John's Gospel, he outran Peter to get to the tomb first.
But I want to comment today mostly on the idea of resurrection. New beginning. New life.
I wrote about my own struggles with memories of the Boston Marathon bombing last week. I told of the raw emotions when I saw the coverage last Tuesday morning. I suspect that when the surviving Tsarnaev brother goes on trial, all the raw emotions will come out again for a lot of people. My fellow runner who called me a mentor spoke of some pretty raw emotions last week--particularly because her mother was running Boston last year.
Then, someone who has been helping me with a training plan mentioned yesterday in a post her own feelings about the race. She indicated that she thought she would put it out there as a comment so that others might know they were not the only ones feeling such things. Someone commented on her post that there would be a new set of memories after Monday's race.
A new beginning.
A new chance.
A new life for runners who can take another step moving past last year's events.
The theme of resurrection.
But I want to comment today mostly on the idea of resurrection. New beginning. New life.
I wrote about my own struggles with memories of the Boston Marathon bombing last week. I told of the raw emotions when I saw the coverage last Tuesday morning. I suspect that when the surviving Tsarnaev brother goes on trial, all the raw emotions will come out again for a lot of people. My fellow runner who called me a mentor spoke of some pretty raw emotions last week--particularly because her mother was running Boston last year.
Then, someone who has been helping me with a training plan mentioned yesterday in a post her own feelings about the race. She indicated that she thought she would put it out there as a comment so that others might know they were not the only ones feeling such things. Someone commented on her post that there would be a new set of memories after Monday's race.
A new beginning.
A new chance.
A new life for runners who can take another step moving past last year's events.
The theme of resurrection.
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