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We think of tombs as endings, final pages of the story. But for God every tomb is a transition. Think of the amazing global transition that started in Jesus' tomb. God reset the world and life will never be the same. What if the Easter tombstone is really your stepping stone? You know what a stepping stone is right? A stepping stone is something we need to go to a place we could never reach on our own. What if the trouble you're facing; the doubt, the darkness, the difficulty; what if the tomb is not your final resting place, it's the porch you have to walk across to go home. What if it's not a locked door, it's the key.

What if your tombstone is actually a stepping stone to something so good, you can barely imagine it?

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I am recording this episode for Good Friday. That first Holy Week Friday, the one before the first Easter, no one would have called it Good Friday. Traumatic Friday. End-of-Hope Friday. Last Friday. Dark Difficult Deadly Friday. It’s only looking back that we call it good. I’m going to do something a little bit different in this episode. Mostly, I’m just going to read the story. The gospel of John has 21 chapters, 2 of them, about 10% of the biography of Jesus is focused on that day. Friday. So I’m mostly going to read the story.

And spend a few moments pondering how it was such a dark, difficult and yet in the end, a very good Friday!

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Yes it appears to be a bit of a regression from John 17 back to John 13. But think of it as a recap to our look at John 14-17. John 13 is where it all started. The Lord's supper, last supper before the cross. If you listen to these as they drop, today is Thursday of Holy Week, the day that Jesus started the tradition of what we now call communion. And as we revisit that table meal, we are reminded that we follow a King whose crown is a towel. AND serving is His Way to blessing!