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From the Pastor
“Who Is This?”
“Who is this?” This is the
question that is asked as a result of Jesus’ ministry of healing, exorcism,
and teaching, as lifted up in our gospel texts for the remainder of this
season of Epiphany (see “Time After Epiphany: A Life Unfolds” on page 4).
“Who is this?” is also the
question the gospel of Mark demands that each of us, as reader, should
answer for our own lives. That question, asked another way, from the lips of
Jesus, is the overarching theme for our confirmation curriculum for our year
in the New Testament: “Who Do You Say that I Am?” I submit that this is the
most important question we will ever answer in our lives, more important
even that our answer to the question, “Will you marry me?”
“Who is this?” might also be our
lens for the upcoming Lenten readings from the Old Testament, which narrate
a series of covenants that God makes with humanity. These covenants, or
binding promises, each tell us something about God. Put together, these
texts become a kind of
mosaic of the nature of God, just as our
gospel texts in Epiphany are a kind of mosaic that reveals Jesus to us
(again, see p. 4).
“Who is this?” The question
relativizes
all the
other questions in our lives. “Who is this?” invites—demands—our response.
Blessings of Epiphany and Lent,
Pastor David