{"id":2056,"date":"2015-04-02T18:03:43","date_gmt":"2015-04-03T00:03:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/peacenotwalls\/?p=2056"},"modified":"2015-09-20T18:07:54","modified_gmt":"2015-09-21T00:07:54","slug":"easter-message-from-bishop-younan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/elcasumud\/easter-message-from-bishop-younan\/","title":{"rendered":"Easter Message from Bishop Younan"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"author\">Peace Not Walls<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"ExternalClass1CC4BD35275241C8BBC721F6073237BD\">\n<p>In his Easter mesage from Jerusalem,\u00a0Bishop Munib Younan of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land (ELCJHL), writes, &#8220;But\u00a0at this moment, I am telling my people to hold fast to the hope of the resurrection. We must always look to the empty tomb, trusting that because Christ is risen, God will never allow any stone to crush our spirit. Because Christ is risen, God will not allow the hearts of politicians and world leaders to remain cold as stone, caring only for their own interests and power. Because Christ is risen, God will not allow these peoples to be divided forever. Because the stone was already rolled back on that resurrection morning, we hold steadfast in the hope that God is at work even now, opening the eyes of the politicians, the churches, and the world\u2014even as God has opened the tomb.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.elcjhl.org\/2015\/04\/02\/the-easter-message-for-2015\/\">Full text of the Easter Message\u200b<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Peace Not Walls In his Easter mesage from Jerusalem,\u00a0Bishop Munib Younan of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land (ELCJHL), writes, &#8220;But\u00a0at this moment, I am telling my people to hold fast to the hope of the resurrection. 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