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Amy Uncut: Good? Friday

Subscriber Episode • March 29, 2024 • Amy Connell • Season 17 • Episode 52

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Speaker 1 0:01

Hey everyone , Based off of what I'm talking about today , I feel like I can't even say happy Friday . I have been sitting here with God this morning and first I apologize that this is a little late coming in , but I have been just kind of meditating on the tension , just kind of meditating on the tension of Good Friday . As we know , this day is so important to our faith and it's the Day of the Cross . We all know this and it's heavy and it pulls at you a little bit when you think of what actually happened . I mean , I'm sitting here in the morning thinking about what was going on in real time for Jesus over 2,000 years ago .

Speaker 1 0:55

I learned a lot from Kate Bowler and really respect her work and she has done a lot of work with women in the church and particularly in the evangelical church . And she said she showed up one time at a very large mega church and went into Good Friday services and as she was walking in , as everyone was walking in , the greeters were saying happy Good Friday , happy Good Friday . And she's like there's nothing good about it Because there's not except for the hope of Easter in three days , and it's solemn and it's heavy and we still have to walk through that , right , we still have to sit in that . And yet how grateful am I for the cross and for what it means for me , and I don't know . It's just kind of a weird when I sit here and think about it . It is a tension that I don't really know how to reconcile . And maybe I don't have to , Maybe this is just the day to be cloaked by the heaviness of the cross , and that's the point of remembering today and then having that unveiled , I guess , in three days . So kind of a little bit of a different episode today for Amy Uncut , but as you know , these are my uncut thoughts . I wish I had something a little more hopeful and positive , and I don't except for Easter in a few days .

Speaker 1 2:42

I hope you all have a wonderful Easter holiday , that you are able to spend it with the people you love . My son is not going to be here for Easter , but he is going to go see my parents tomorrow with my sister and her husband and her six-year-old , and so they're going to do like the whole Easter egg hunt thing with my parents . So I'm glad that he gets to at least be with parents or be with family , and then we will be attending church here with the three of us for our last time . To do that , Probably Well , no , I bet my younger one will come home because he's only going to school about two hours away . I bet my younger one will come home because he's only going to school about two hours away . Anyway , have a wonderful weekend . I love you all . Thank you for being a part of this community and we'll talk soon .