want a little grace
but who's gonna say a little grace for me(?) A Sermon on John's Question : Each week the pastor returns from an encounter with Scripture to report back what he’s seen and heard… Truthfully, that’s a lot harder than it sounds. Especially with a doozy of a passage like today’s … John, shut-up in prison, sends a message to Jesus, “Are you The One , or should we keep waiting.” Honestly, the honesty of John’s question scandalizes us. Why would John, who leapt in utero when Jesus’ mom was simply within earshot, be having second thoughts now ? And, if that did happen at all, why does Luke insist on telling us about it? Couldn’t he have papered over that part? It’s not what we’d like to hear today; a report of this fiery preacher having misgivings… But it is for me, to report this back to you. And of course, the temptation is to wriggle here on the hook for ten-minutes, or so. Doing what I can to convince you John didn’t really mean that. ...