Wednesday, June 5, 2013

On the Road Week 2


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Where have you been on the road this week?  The scripture for this week is Luke 7:11-17 - click to read it in another window while you listen.

On the Road at Woodbine Cemetery
When you're on the road, every now and then you'll pass a long line of cars, lights on, led by a police officer.  It's clear from the hearse and maybe the placards on the cars that this a funeral procession.  What do you think when you see this?
This is the closest parallel to where today's scripture takes place. 
So leave us a comment, let us know what questions this text raises for you.

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Join us Sunday for worship as we continue this discussion in preaching and worship and see where God leads us, on the road!
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Location: Woodbine Cemetery, Harrisonburg, VA 22801, USA

2 comments:

  1. UnknownJune 5, 2013 at 11:23 PM

    Great podcast. In the year I spent watching my dad fight cancer I often wondered and asked why doesn't Jesus do this all the time. I came to realize that he does, through his Grace and Resurrection he does raise us from the dead. Not back to this life, but to a life everlasting with him. Thanks for doing these podcast.

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  2. robinrutsiJuly 2, 2013 at 12:37 PM

    I think it's interesting that he has compassion for the woman ...the young man is deceased and doesn't need comfort. I often think that the difficulty about death is for the living, not for the dying. As you mention, she was about to become destitute because he was the last male in her family, and this is still true today for many women in the middle east and parts of Africa.

    In Rwanda and in many other cultures, family members come and sit with the survivors for a week after the funeral, keeping the person connected to the life of the living. There are prayers again after several weeks and after several months and even after several years, and friends and family are invited to participate. I think in the USA, we kind of abandon the widow or widower or friend by not holding any formal recognition ceremonies of the grieving process.

    I wonder how Lutherans could begin to reclaim some of that in the USA by creating some kind of 1-week, 1-month, 3-month, ....etc....prayer gathering for bereaved persons...

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