Faith • Grief • History • Hope
Faith • Grief • History • Hope
We are, in many ways, a people on the road, trying to make sense of a world that feels uncertain, often fractured, sometimes frightening. We hear voices that trade in fear and power, in threats and division.
As a Church leader, I must be clear. When political leaders speak of annihilation, claim divine sanction for violence, or dismiss the Church’s moral voice, they step outside the bounds of Church teaching and basic human decency.
Jesus does not shame or rebuke Thomas. Instead, he honors the depth of Thomas’s longing and meets him in it.
Easter speaks with a quiet, defiant hope. A hope that says: this is not the end of the story.
This Easter, we do not ignore the brokenness of the world. We face it honestly. But we also dare to proclaim that it is not the end of the story.
This is what is happening on Holy Saturday. Jesus is not resting. He searches and breaks down doors we thought were permanent.
When Jesus prays Psalm 22 from the cross, he is not only naming the pain. He is invoking the whole of it, from the opening cry to the final trust, from abandonment to hope.
Holy Thursday teaches that the world needs love shown in action. Love that serves. Love that kneels. Love that endures. Love to the very end.
Grief walks the road of Holy Week, through loss, silence, and sorrow, held by Jesus, and gently transformed by the promise of resurrection.
Spy Wednesday invites us into that tension. It asks us to sit with the reality that betrayal is part of the human story, and therefore part of our story.