As scary things happen again and again, we need to hear again and again that Jesus breaks through locked doors. When he breaks in, he responds to our fear with the words we always need to hear, “Peace be with you”. But he responds to our fortress mentality with the opposite of what we want to hear. He says, “I’m sending you out there. Don’t worry. I’ll go with you. But you are going. If you are my disciples, you’ll get out there and do what I did.”
In the still of night Something has stirred A rumbling of stone A flash of light The dawn of hope Quiet though Or the whole world would know that everything has changed!
As Mary walked through the streets, that were just as dusty and dirty as before, past people who were just as burdened and worried as before, do you think she had even an inkling that this morning would change everything for those people and for those streets?
Good Friday calls us back each year; Back to the cross Back to all those things we would prefer not to look at: The searing pain The raw humiliation The abject defeat.
In the still of night Something has stirred A rumbling of stone A flash of light The dawn of hope Quiet though Or the whole world would know that everything has changed!
As Mary walked through the streets, that were just as dusty and dirty as before, past people who were just as burdened and worried as before, do you think she had even an inkling that this morning would change everything for those people and for those streets?
Good Friday calls us back each year; Back to the cross Back to all those things we would prefer not to look at: The searing pain The raw humiliation The abject defeat.
It can be dangerous to speak the truth. There may be repercussions. But if we choose silence, Creation will shout truth from the oceans to the mountain tops
It can be dangerous to speak the truth. There may be repercussions, but if we choose silence creation will shout truth from the oceans to the mountain tops
Rev Pam Hynd's sermon for Lent 5