In his sermon “The Secret in the Dark,” Frederick Buechner wonders at why in the four gospels, when they get to the most important part of the story (resurrection), the gospel writers tell it in whispers–no choir of angels, no explosion of light, not a soul was there to witness it.
“It was the most extraordinary thing they believed had ever happened, and yet they tell it so quietly that you have to lean close to be sure what they are telling,” (SITD 253).
His conclusion is this:
That is why the Sundays after Easter are so precious, and precious because, in their comparatively subdued, low-key way, they seem not only closer to how the resurrection actually took place as the Gospels describe it but, more important still, closer to the reality of the resurrection as you and I are apt to experience it. These everyday Sundays without all the flowers and music and exaltation are like the kind of day that Luke describes in his account of the two disciples on their walk from Jerusalem to Emmaus some seven miles away, (SITD 253-4).
It has me thinking about ordinary everyday resurrection–everyday Sundays–and how this is how the kingdom comes, in the ordinary. A walk along the road. A meal with friends where Jesus appears suddenly in your midst. Just seems powerful to me today, so I thought I would share…
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