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Discipleship Sermon 5 - Cross & Resurrection: As we hear this story , we all get still. Something inside us knows this story is important... Truthfully, though, it sort of feels odd to have this moment in the biblical narrative read today , doesn't it? This is that most special of stories that we save for the "Three Great Days." Hearing about the cross and the resurrection today almost feels a little inappropriate... After all, we save this most-central story for that most-central festival, for the most important moment of the Christian year...   Honestly, though, I believe there is another reason; a subtle reason we keep this story locked away to that one day. We do this, keeping the story set aside, because this story is hard to hear . This story of the empty tomb is hard to believe, it is hard to imagine; frankly it is hard for us to live after that one tomb has been found to be empty. As Bono of U2 quipped, "I can't live...

damaged goods   The HolyGospel According to St. Mark, the tenth chapter! I have a friend who has this annoying habit. He kills jokes. You see, when you start to tell a joke he starts asking questions.   I'll say something like, "Why did the chicken cross the road." And he will say, well what I want to know is how did that chicken get loose? No! That's not the point, I'll tell him. Trying to get back on track I'll say, let's just imagine the chicken has been free for a while. So , why did that chicken cross the road, I'll ask. And then he will come back with, what kind of a road is it. Is this a busy road in the city or a country road?   At this point I've just about lost my patience. Why? What does it matter, I'll ask. Never mind, it is a country road. So, why did this chicken that has been free for some time cross a country road, I'll try again. Then he will say something like, what time of day is ...