#131 - The Most Uncomfortable Day in Christianity {Reflections}

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We’re wired to love winners, which makes Holy Week oddly uncomfortable. Easter Sunday is bright and obvious, but Good Friday is slow, humiliating, and hard to look at. That’s exactly why we need it. I talk about why I used to avoid crucifixes, why an empty cross can feel easier, and why the Christian story insists that resurrection hope comes through the cross, not around it.

A trip to Assisi and the story of Saint Francis praying before the Cross of San Damiano reshaped how I see Jesus’ suffering. That crucifix became more than religious art for me; it became a reminder that God’s victory is revealed in what looks like defeat. Drawing on Martin Luther’s theology of the cross and the idea of the “hidden God,” we explore how God can appear absent in pain while being most present, meeting us with real solidarity in loneliness, grief, and brokenness.

We also get practical about Christian discipleship during Holy Week: not seeking suffering, but refusing to deny it, letting go of self control and self reliance, and learning to trust God when things feel lost. If you’ve been rushing to the “happy ending,” consider this an invitation to slow down, sit with Good Friday, and discover what kind of hope can actually raise the dead.

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