It’s Saturday night. That means you’ve made it through Maundy (Holy) Thursday, Good Friday and Holy Saturday. For us pastor types it also means it will soon be time to share cogent, coherent thoughts in the form of an Easter Sunday sermon! That’s the mounting pressure, anxiety-inducing meaning of “Sunday’s coming.”
If you’re still figuring out what to share tomorrow, let me (one last time) commend The Hardest Question to you. What is that all about?
It’s a blog done midrash style. It’s curator, Russell Rathbun, describes it like this:
Questioning the text is important, because the Bible is the witness to the Living Word of God. We are called into relationship with God through Jesus the Christ, The Word. Relationships, at their best, are dynamic, growing, deepening, revelatory, generative and transforming. A primary way we pursue relationship with the Living Word is through the study of scripture, so it must be taken seriously, approached with a robust confidence and a passionate vulnerability.
We ask the text the hardest questions because we can. It does not break, it is not offended, and it does not judge our desire for understanding. The ancient rabbis say that when we study the Bible we release God’s mercy into the world. It is important to question the text, because the world needs as much of God’s mercy as possible.
As I’ve written a couple of times, I’ve had the honor of being the guest blogger there this week providing thoughts on the Easter texts.
Easter. Resurrection. God demonstrating to the universe that death and oppression do not have the last word, but rather the last word belongs to God and that Word is Love and Life. And that’s the other meaning of “Sunday’s coming.” It’s the back half of the famous refrain, “It’s Friday, but…”
If you haven’t already, I’d love for you to click on over to The Hardest Question for Scooby-Doo and Temple of Doom references, some Easter eggs and to read what lead me to these hardest questions:
Regarding the Acts text: How am I subverting God’s subversion of exclusivity?
As for the Gospel text: Why is it still so hard for women to get equal pulpit time in so many churches?
How do you read?
All That I Can't Leave Unsaid 
Dave! It was a pleasure having you blog for us at http://www.thehardestquestion.org. Your words helped to enrich my Easter morning meditation. At our church, the preacher spoke of threee things that were empty, but now filled because of the resurrection – the cross, the tomb and the hearts of Christ’s followers – focusing on Mary Magdalene, in particular. The resurrection deepened relationships – significantly. So much so that they overflowed in words and deeds of unstopable love. We run toward the scary places (Scooby Doo!) not out of ignorance, but empowered by un-dead love. Thank you!
Hey David!
It was my pleasure. (And I’d love to write for you guys again! “wink, wink, nudge, nudge”)
Glad my posts were edifying for you. Sounds like you had a good word shared on Easter.
Thanks for your help. You do really good work at Hardest Question!