"podcast" Tagged Sermons (Page 70)

Why. Are. We. Celebrating. When. We. Are. Living. In. This. Good Friday. World… we can’t be physically together, the fear is overwhelming, we can’t gather with friends and family… how can we celebrate new life on THIS day? For this very reason, many churches are postponing Easter until they return to their sanctuaries. And, sure, if the resurrection is about joy completely wiping away our sadness or destroying death-dealing forces here and now…perhaps we shouldn’t be celebrating Easter just yet…

Well, friends…here we are. Good Friday. A day that we commemorate every year and, yet this year feels…heavier. The realities of fear and grief surround us. The power of disease and death is at the forefront of our minds. The physical distancing may be leaving us feeling isolated. And on a day where I find comfort in a community gathered around the cross…I am here…and you are there…we are apart and yet…connected…