Good news... Jesus is not here.

A sermon on the road to Emmaus from Easter evening.

I trust that you had a lovely Easter; that you found all your Easter eggs, that it was a day filled with triumphant trumpets and jubilant proclamations. 

Alleluia, Christ is risen! 

I hate to throw a wet blanket on the celebration, but...if you would allow me to speak frankly for just a moment, I have an unseemly question to ask. Easter is the apex of the church year, the holiest of holies on the church calendar. Easter is the day when we mark Jesus’ greatest triumph, defeating death. Which is great, but there is an elephant in the room…where, exactly, is Jesus?