Hi, friends. I'm Annie F. Downs. Let's read the Gospels. We say often around here that you don't

have to be in the Gospels every day to be changed, but every day you're in the Gospels will change you.

So I'm really glad you're with us today. The Gospels are the first four books of the New Testament

in the Bible, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. These are the stories of Jesus Christ's life on earth,

the friendships, the parables, the sacrifices, the meals, the miracles. So each month we get to read

all four books. Make sure you're subscribed so you don't miss any of it. And today is one of my

favorite kind of days where we are between two books. So we get three two books today. We're going

to finish up the book of John, which means we'll spend the last eight days of the month in the book

of Luke. If you are enjoying spending a little time every day in the Gospels, invite someone to join

you to join us for this last week of June. And that's a great way for them to try it out and see

if they want to commit for the month of July. Okay, so here's how it works. I'm going to read three

chapters to you today. You can listen or read along in your own Bible. And then I'll pray. And that's

it. So today is June 22nd, day 22 of this month. And I'll be reading John, chapters 20 and 21,

and Luke chapter one. And this month, I'm reading from the NRSV.

John 20. Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the

tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the tomb. So she ran and went to Simon Peter and

the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved, and said to them, they have taken the Lord out of the

tomb and we do not know where they have laid him. Then Peter and the other disciples set out and

went toward the tomb. The two were running together, but the other disciple out ran Peter and reached

the tomb first. He bent down to look in and saw the linen wrappings lying there, but he did not go in.

Then Simon Peter came following him and went into the tomb. He saw the linen wrappings lying

there and the cloth that had been on Jesus's head not lying with the linen wrappings but rolled up

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