Mending our Relationship to Power
John 19: 1 - 16a There are parts of the gospel story that we tend to move through quickly. Even in a season like Lent—when we are trying to slow down, to pay attention, to prepare our hearts—we often glide past the most painful details. We know the outline of the story. Jesus is arrested. There is a trial. There is a cross. There is an empty tomb. But the middle… the middle is harder to sit with. The scenes of interrogation. The humiliation. The violence. And if we’re honest, most years we don’t linger there very long. We save that for Holy Week. For a midweek service. For a moment when we brace ourselves and say, “This will be hard.” Or for the services that don’t necessarily fit into our schedule. But this year, we are doing something different with the scripture. We are slowing down. Tackling the hard parts with greater attention. We are watching the story unfold in what feels like slow motion. And in doing so, we are begin...