So how do we to respond, as Christians, to this violence and the threats of violence? What do our scriptures today have to say about this?
Sermons on John (Page 3)
This beautiful passage from John’s Gospel moves us from the very ‘down-to-earth’ birth narrative of Luke…to the cosmic event that John celebrates so poetically.
So, for John, unconscious belonging and perfunctory atonement just don’t cut it. He seeks, and calls us to seek, the risky, the relevant, and the real.
There is a great turn around here today, where we see all the disciples becoming prophets of God.
Thanks be to God that the Gospel meets us in the waiting room and carries us beyond.
Jesus made a promise to his disciples that would change the world for all eternity.
We can choose to lose all hope and give up on the lessons God has taught us. Or we can lift ourselves higher and use hope to guide us to a better tomorrow.
As the Good Shepherd, he is the focus of all our movement, leading the sheep from pasture to pasture, but we must consent to follow.
God made us that way; able to solve problems.
A Good Friday like any other but one that we will always remember.