Questions about the `Resurrection appearances of Jesus… and hopefully a few paintings for reflection…

As I was searching for paintings of the Risen Christ... I remembered a painting I had seen that was by one of the Jesus Mafa artists in the Cameroon... but instead I came across a painting of the Risen Christ asppearing to Thomas, together with a poetic meditation on doubting and questioning : written in a blog from "paulist.org" but when I tried to copy it for you, the "copy" button seemed to work ok, but then it refused to "paste" here...maybe a copywright issue ? Try finding this yourself. If you cannot find it, then do buy the book by Guli Francis-Dehqani & Malcolm Guite: Stations of the Resurrection... there you will find several meditations and sonnets based on the resurrection appearances of Jesus. I have been delving into this book during Lent this year , in preparation for Easter, and find it very helpful; I hope you will too.

EARLY SIGNS OF SPRING

daffodils are looking beautiful right now, even if its still misty and rather damp with the early morning fog... I will try and give you a photo soon, but they are not uploading here yet :( sorry ! We also have a lot of white blossom on our almond tree down the garden ; perhaps this year will be the one for harvesting a few almonds :) but we do need some bees to have these blossoms pollinated first. Have you seen any bees around yet ? Over the last few months I have been working on a project for Easter, where people walking through Wivenhoe will be able to discover paintings inspired by the Resurrection appearances recorded by the writers of the New Testament. Several Wivenhoe artists have been painting and taking photos of their work, and I now have some beautiful A4 prints from dSudio printers in Clacton with several venues willing to join in and display these prints in their windows or noticeboards. Ihave now cut out and attachd a QR code to each one giving a link directly to the relevant New Testament passage to enable people to read and reflect. All that remains now is for me to deliver these beautiful prints, and all will be ready to surprise people on Easter day and hopefully for a week or two thereafter... watch for some photos on here if I can get them to upload ok in April, but if that is still not possible, then I will give you some hints of where to find them around Wivenhoe...