On Easter morning, Mary Magdalene comes to the tomb expecting to find a body. What she finds instead is the risen Jesus—and she doesn't recognize him. She mistakes him for a gardener until he speaks her name, and everything changes.
This sermon explores what happens when we stop expecting good news, when we miss the presence of the risen Christ because we're looking in the wrong places. Through the image of meeting someone out of context—your child's teacher in the produce aisle—we discover that recognition matters more than evidence. And it's a reminder that Christ knows exactly who you are, even when you don't recognize him yet.
