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This week, Protestants and Catholics around the world will celebrate Easter once again in the midst of a global pandemic. At least 2.8 million people have died from COVID-19, and while many affluent countries have begun to vaccinate their people in earnest,

this illness still defines

most of our public life. Because of Lent, many Christians have already been grappling with death

in the context of their faith. But this week, the church will once again be sitting with the reality

of Jesus' death and his astonishing resurrection. Of course, for us believers, this astounding turn of events has life-changing ramifications

for what comes after our physical deaths.

What does it mean for our physical bodies as we inhabit them today?

Does the cross have any meaning for our physical health in this life?

You are listening to Quick to Listen, where we go beyond hashtags and hot takes to discuss a major

cultural event.

I'm Morgan Lee, Global Media Manager at Christianity Today.

And I'm Ted Olson.

I'm editorial director at Christianity Today.

Thank you. director at Christianity today. All right, Ted, this is kind of an unusual topic to do a gut check on, but, you know,

from talking to you, I know that you have a lot of feelings and questions about this.

So how are you making sense of these questions at the beginning of this show?

You know, Morgan, since we've been talking about this for the last few days about what should the podcast be,

you've heard this a little bit of this already.

But yeah, ever since I worked on my Ash Wednesday sermon, which was on Psalm 103, Psalm 103,

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