Lent 6

But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they came to the tomb, taking the spices that they had prepared. They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, but when they went in, they did not find the body. While they were perplexed about this, suddenly two men in dazzling clothes stood beside them. - Luke 24:1-4

My current obsession: Mumford and Sons. I have been listening to Mumford pretty constantly lately. The music is sneakily spiritual.

While sitting in the parking lot of the Charleston District Office of the United Methodist Church, I was listening to Sigh No More and listened to Roll Away Your Stone more than a couple of times.

Roll away your stone, I’ll roll away mine
Together we can see what we can find
Don’t leave me alone at this time,
For I am afraid of what I will discover inside


A fitting tune to be stuck on...as I waited for over two hours to go into what I perceived to be the scariest room ever. I was afraid of what a room full of pastors and lay people would find when they rolled away my stone.

So I spent some time in intentional reflection with God rather than sitting in my car wigging out.

How willing are we to roll away our stone? As I said a few days ago, if we are going to try to be like Jesus, we have to do what he did. Now, Jesus, didn't precisely roll that stone away on his own, but the stone was rolled away, nonetheless to discover the body behind it. What the "rollers" discovered was something far different than they could ever expected. They discovered that Jesus was not who they really thought he was--broken, limited, human. They discovered him to be the one with a mission, son of God, sent and called by God. I hope, hope, hope, that allowing the committee on ordained ministry to roll away the stone in my heart and soul that it has revealed a person with a call and heart truly after God's own heart.