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J. Barrie Shepherd
J. Barrie Shepherd is a retired Presbyterian minister and author of 18 books.
In a moment . . .
1 Corinthians 15:52 ...
Come and have breakfast . . .
It’s those familiar scenes
beyond the hollowed tomb—
the sudden surprise meeting
with the gardener who knows my name—
that sunset sabbath journey,...
Easter alone
There is something to be said for solitary.
Those initial appearances, you may recall,
were not made before acclaiming throngs
with sounding brasses, immaculate ranks...
In the meantime
Strange, how we all seemed to find our way back here, after yesterday’s
horror and shame; back to this upstairs chamber filled with dark corners,...
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Fair exchange mid April—Maine
Gun metal gray the sky this morningand along the shore at dead low tide an on-shore windblows spume across the wave tops.Rain before dark, they say, and even some late snow...
Disposal of the body
So Jesus’ wealthy friends did prove useful in the end.
All four narratives seem to agree on this.
Joseph, after all—the one from Arimathea, not his Dad—...
The station band
We practiced at “The Decontam”—clumsy name for an ugly place—bare concrete roomsburied beneath a protective pyramid mound of soil, turf,...
Imposition
This soot-dark smearacross the brow, between the eyes,will lead you, if the way be clear,through all the endless winter of our year,...