there's no shade
in the shadow of the cross A sermon from the 13th chapter of Luke : In the Gospel we hear as some folks with an obsessions with morbid headlines come up to Jesus. “Did you hear about that story, ‘18 struck down in when madman Pilate sent soldiers into the temple?’” In reply Jesus doesn’t offer any explanations, or even words of comfort. Instead, he talks about something we don’t expect given the question hanging in the air. Repentance . Repent. And let’s be honest, these days, the word repent has a decidedly negative connotation… Well, this Lent I haven’t had the heart to lay it on too thick… Because I don’t have to be the one to tell you how broken things are. Do I? We all know that already … Which is why I’ve been thinking a lot of about how this life Jesus calls us to isn’t a another thing to do, a way to be more religious. How Jesus calls us to a lite that’s fully human . How, at it’s heart, that’s what Lent is all about. Reclaiming the ...