Scripture: John 12:9-36
I had a friend from seminary who posted on her facebook page a few days ago, “Is anyone else ready for Lent to be over?”
Let’s face it – the season of Lent can be kind of depressing. I remember a Homer Simpson quote when he had discovered that all the money he spent on a Mardi Gras party was going to cause him to lose his house – and his response was, “Who knew the start of lent would be such a downer?”
All this time of self-reflection, of traveling along with Jesus for forty days as he makes his way to the cross. The hymns are dirgy, the atmosphere is dark. Lent is – well – as Homer said, kind of a downer.
I had a friend from seminary who posted on her facebook page a few days ago, “Is anyone else ready for Lent to be over?”
Let’s face it – the season of Lent can be kind of depressing. I remember a Homer Simpson quote when he had discovered that all the money he spent on a Mardi Gras party was going to cause him to lose his house – and his response was, “Who knew the start of lent would be such a downer?”
All this time of self-reflection, of traveling along with Jesus for forty days as he makes his way to the cross. The hymns are dirgy, the atmosphere is dark. Lent is – well – as Homer said, kind of a downer.
