I know I’m not supposed to be admitting this. But I’m really not feeling Holy Week.
I was geared up last week for Palm Sunday, excitedly showing clips from “The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe” to get at Jesus’ suffering a “traitors” death for each of us.
But I’m literally blahhhhhhh, it’s Easter.
The bulletins are printed. The scriptures and titles picked. The slides and videos done.
I have my cascarone eggs and olive wood crosses for Easter Sunrise and Easter. I’m not sure what I will do with them. I’ve come up with different angles throughout the week but I’m not satisfied.
I’m up late looking for inspiration scrolling through Facebook, Twitter, emails…I’ve thought about using Tiger Woods’ redemption, the Avengers Endgame supposed “resurrection,” among other things.
I know to preach, “He is Risen! He is Risen, Indeed!” And I know and trust the Holy Spirit will show up.
Maybe it’s the desire to spend Spring Break with the kids, falling on my face on Tuesday afternoon walking the dog with scrapes on my knees, my elbow and my face, an overall malaise with Notre Dame burning, the Mueller Report and Rachel Held Evans, or hearing on the Today Show this morning that church attendance is at an all time low.
Perhaps it’s the pressure of a new place. Or all of the Easter advertising. Or coming up with a fresh spin. Or wanting to get it right…perfect…the most epically awesome Easter sermon ever.
Perhaps you’re feeling blah too.
Perhaps we need to hear the story anew and afresh. Perhaps it can be an actual personal encounter or a real Word of Grace.
“Jesus said, I am the resurrection and I am life.
Those who believe in me, even though they die, yet shall they live,
and whoever lives and believes in me shall never die.
I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.
I died, and behold I am alive for evermore,
and I hold the keys of hell and death.
Because I live, you shall live also.”
Because He Lives. Even when we’re feeling blah, He IS. Even when we’re feeling trapped, He IS. Even when we don’t feel worthy enough, He IS. Even when all hope seems lost, He IS. Even when………He IS.
Blessings on the Journey 
And there Narcie Jeter is your sermon! Showing everyone you are human. Showing us that ministers have feelings that each one of us experience one time or another.
Love you Narcie. You’ve got this.
Pam❤️🙏
Thanks Pam! Your encouragement is on point. The Triune God’s got this! And for that I’m really glad!
Not sure if the blahs are the same as spiritual dryness that Mother Teresa wrote about, but perhaps keeping on keeping on is the core of what faith is about.
Amen to that Woody!! No matter how long, no matter how hard, keep on keeping on!
Marcie,
Thank you for expressing what Iâve been feeling, too, sitting in front of the computer off and on all week, trying to come up with just what you describe in the way of a sermon, and going over all the reasons I am feeling âblah,â and trying to figure out what to do to get past it.
Thank you! Itâs good to know Iâm not alone in this.
Rev. Lois Helms, Orangeburg Dist.
Thank you for sharing. I’m guessing that today you feel very happy. It is an extraordinarily beautiful Easter morning … and He IS. Miss you.