We ought to cringe when looking on the crucifixion. It is stark. It is ugly. It is about betrayal, and torture, and execution and abandonment and death. Why should God have anything to do with us in this? God should shake God’s head and walk away. It is beneath God to have anything to do…
Luke 22:39-53 Reflection: There are two things that we should consider over the beginning of this story. The first is that Jesus does not want this. Jesus does not want the suffering that he anticipates will come. Jesus does not want a slow, cruel death on a cross. Jesus does not want this. And he prays to God…
Good Friday #40Word Prayer by Bruce Reyes-Chow http://www.reyes-chow.com/2015/04/40-word-prayer-on-justification/ Then he handed him over to them to be crucified. —John 19: 16 The injustices of the world can be overwhelming, so we turn away, we walk away, we give in. God, in the face of injustice, give us humility to see our involvement, courage to step in the…