"The first Easter celebrations—the first encounters with the risen Christ—all happened in isolated, anxious spaces: in locked homes, outside tombs, on nervous neighborhood walks, and around kitchen tables. When Jesus rises from the dead, the very first places he appears are places of fear, grief, uncertainty, and doubt... The God who raised Jesus from the dead and will one day raise us is with us in our homes, roads, tables, and tombs even now, raising up new life in surprising places, making something beautiful in the midst of our pain." Song: "Beautiful Things" recorded by Psalm 100 (UNC-Chapel Hill)