Yesterday I was to meet friends at great lawn Central Park. The first two to arrive as a prank posted a picture of where they were with a blanket and umbrella spread out (that layout belonged to some other group on other end of lawn) and then they sent their location. As I got to location I was looking for the umbrella that had been planted and not the faces of my friends. I practically walked past them when I realized oh there you are! Everyone else who arrived were also looking for the non existent umbrella and not our faces. In the end while we certainly meeting Jesus we did eat and drink together in communion on the great lawn. So todays reading and your sermon and the sermon I heard at my church today all resonated in light of yesterday’s little prank as part of the meet up.
Great article! Very clarifying, as I now understand the Emmaus road interaction in a different light. I had heard similar stories like the one of Matt Harvey but never pulled it together like this.
Yesterday I was to meet friends at great lawn Central Park. The first two to arrive as a prank posted a picture of where they were with a blanket and umbrella spread out (that layout belonged to some other group on other end of lawn) and then they sent their location. As I got to location I was looking for the umbrella that had been planted and not the faces of my friends. I practically walked past them when I realized oh there you are! Everyone else who arrived were also looking for the non existent umbrella and not our faces. In the end while we certainly meeting Jesus we did eat and drink together in communion on the great lawn. So todays reading and your sermon and the sermon I heard at my church today all resonated in light of yesterday’s little prank as part of the meet up.
Your sermon points out how relevant the gospel message is to us today, because we so often cannot see what is right in front of us,
Great article! Very clarifying, as I now understand the Emmaus road interaction in a different light. I had heard similar stories like the one of Matt Harvey but never pulled it together like this.