To Be Lord, To Be Messiah, To Be Crucified
First Lesson Sermons For Lent/Easter
Think of all the ways in which we hold ourselves at a distance from people and things that come near to us. We may not think about it very often, but we do it all the time. As a friend of mine was walking into town the other day, he passed by a woman who was plopped down in the sunshine on the sidewalk, wearing disheveled clothing, smoking a cigarette. She eyed him evaluatively. He looked straight ahead, not really wanting to make eye contact, glad he had on his sunglasses, not wanting to have to respond to a request for spare change. She didn't speak and neither did he.
