Is the Resurrection of Jesus a Happy Ending?

i think the obvious place to start is with the resurrection of jesus himself. And i totally agree that much western christianity has got this simply wrong. If you go back to the first century, looking for somebody who taught that we have souls which are er in exile from our true home, which is heaven, then there is somebody who says that very clearly. I was at a funeral a couple of months ago, ove of a dear person, a 35 year old godson of mine, who died of cancer,. leaving a widow and two little children. And it was a wonderful christian funeral, but i was sad because there was almost nothing about resrrection, which was