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Friends,
Sarah Ahn and her mother, Nam Soon Ahn, co-authored the cookbook, “Umma: A Korean Mom’s Kitchen Wisdom.” The project came out of these short Instagram videos that Sarah made with her mom in the kitchen. They went viral, capturing the hearts of thousands of folks, including mine. The videos offer little glimpses into their family and daily experiences, all featuring food. They’re tender and sweet.
The first one I came across was one where Sarah narrated her mother’s morning routine, waking up at 4:30 in the morning, and working for two hours to prepare a day’s worth of food for her husband, who’s an exterior painter and works very hard, very long 11 hour days. The video showed her thoughtfully preparing 9 dishes to sustain him in his labor. Their cookbook is a collection of 100 family recipes, like the ones featured in that video, but it offers an overarching story of their family, their people, shared through each recipe, each essential ingredient. It all adds up to something greater and pretty awe-some.
Resurrection is sort of like that, I think. Each resurrection story in our tradition has within it some fundamental and shared elements. And all of them join together to point to a bigger truth than any one of them reveal- of God’s unending story of love. As we move into the fourth week of Eastertide, we’ll consider the recipe for resurrection. What are the essential ingredients that make new life possible? Come on Sunday, and we’ll see what we can cook up together.
See you then, Pastor Lea