Pastor Kristin focused on the Emmaus road story, pointing out that Easter met the disciples not with certainty but with disappointment and the aching words, “we had hoped.” She connected their grief to the ways people still walk through loss and unmet expectations today. She emphasized that the risen Jesus showed up precisely in doubt and brokenness, often before anyone recognized him, and promised that Jesus kept coming—again and again—to those who felt worn out, grieving, or done hoping.