Haunting the World with Love

Your killed the author of life, but God raised him from the dead.  We are witness of this. Acts 3: 15

I haven’t blogged for a while but I felt compelled to post today.  We had a very powerful Good Friday service at my church that was a collaboration of the Estes Park Interfaith Alliance.  Each pastor participating contributed a passage, a message, and a hymn.  I watched and listened as one by one they rose to share their part of the Good Friday message.  I watched as the candle flickered.  I thought about Christ’s pain and agony.  And I wondered if it was appropriate for the candle to be burning on Good Friday.  Part of me thought, no, the Christ candle has to go out.  But then I remembered we are an Easter people.  I struggled between despair and hope as I worshiped  and watched the flame.

Finally the…