{"id":349,"date":"2026-03-23T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/pause\/?p=349"},"modified":"2026-03-11T22:53:48","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T22:53:48","slug":"resurrection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/pause\/resurrection\/","title":{"rendered":"Resurrection"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"976\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/pause\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/03\/26-03-23-DSC_0727-byCherylBrumbaugh-Cayford-900px.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/pause\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/03\/26-03-23-DSC_0727-byCherylBrumbaugh-Cayford-900px.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/pause\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/03\/26-03-23-DSC_0727-byCherylBrumbaugh-Cayford-900px-277x300.jpg 277w, https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/pause\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/03\/26-03-23-DSC_0727-byCherylBrumbaugh-Cayford-900px-768x833.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/pause\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/03\/26-03-23-DSC_0727-byCherylBrumbaugh-Cayford-900px-560x607.jpg 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Photo credit: Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201cJesus said to her, <\/em><em>\u2018I am the resurrection and the life. <\/em><br><em>Those who believe in me, even though they die, <\/em><em>will live.\u201d<\/em> <br>&#8211; John 11:25, NRSVue<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><br>Activity<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Merriam-Webster<\/em>\u2019s online entry for \u201cresurrection\u201d notes that Latin forerunners include words that \u201ccould mean \u2018to rise again\u201d (as from a recumbent position) as well as \u2018to spring up again after being cut\u2019 (used of plants)\u2026. The resurrection fern, an iconic fern of the southern United States often seen growing on the limbs of live oak trees\u2026is so named due to the fact that in dry weather it curls up, turns brown, and appears dead, only to be \u2018brought back to life\u2019 when exposed to moisture.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Have you ever witnessed resurrection? Where and how have you seen new life emerge out of death?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cJesus said to her, \u2018I am the resurrection and the life. Those who believe in me, even though they die, will live.\u201d &#8211; John 11:25, NRSVue Activity Merriam-Webster\u2019s online entry for \u201cresurrection\u201d notes that Latin forerunners include words that \u201ccould mean \u2018to rise again\u201d (as from a recumbent position) as well as \u2018to spring up<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":350,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-349","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/pause\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/pause\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/pause\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/pause\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/pause\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=349"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/pause\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":351,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/pause\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349\/revisions\/351"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/pause\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/350"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/pause\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/pause\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/pause\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}