Season: Lent - What We Need to Resist
Speaker: Joshua Grace
Location: 2007 Frankford Ave.
About Season: Our Lenten journey of solidarity with Jesus’ sufferings is set while he fasted in the wilderness for 40 days. As we take a look at a piece of that story each week, we’ll consider what we need to resist—external forces as well as internal dilemmas. As we walk with Jesus in his sufferings, we can be more conscious of him walking with us through ours.
About Talk: Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem in Mark could seem perfect (without blemish or defect), although within a few days some of the same people shouting hosanna! (save, now!) would be shouting “give us Barabbas, crucify Jesus!” To enter the drama of Holy Week, we need to resist perfection in order to put our hearts on the line and get filled up by God. Our own sense of lack can cause us to disengage—rather than connect more passionately with God. Seeing the problems in others can become an opportunity to offer our best stuff to make it healthier.