THE GOOD FRIDAY-EASTER TRUTH IS RADICAL - DEAL WITH IT
©Wendell Griffen, 2022 This weekend people will attend Christian worship services to observe Good Friday and Easter. What will they hear? What will they see? What will they do? Some persons will gather to merely observe the colors, lilies, music, and speeches/sermons of a religious pageant about the arrest, trial, crucifixion, death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus. Those persons will attend as spectators. Some persons will gather out of a sense of tradition. Being in a religious service for Easter is part of their annual routine. Some persons will attend the worship services because they were not able to do so for the past two years because of the Covid-19 pandemic. People will also attend the worship services because they are followers of Jesus, the dark-skinned Palestinian Jewish rabbi who lived under Roman occupation for his entire life. They will attend to honor the life, ministry, death, and resurrection of Jesus. These and other reasons will influence why people