Good Friday - You never know who’s listening

Morning: Psalms 95, 22; Lamentations 3:1-9, 19-33; I Peter 1:10-20

Evening: Psalms 40:1-14, 54; John 19:38-42

Jesus is buried by secret disciples - Nicodemus and Joseph of Arimathea, who are both afraid their allegiance will become public. I’m finding it intriguing that, in the present pandemic, unexpected people show an interest in Jesus ... are they today’s secret disciples, perhaps? Could this be because all of our temples, which may often obscure or misrepresent Jesus, are closed? Perhaps Jesus’s story is more fully heard in the present suffering of our world? It’s complicated, isn’t it? Except for this ... When  the Good News of Jesus sounds in the world, you never know who is listening.