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16:4 But I have said these things to you so that when their hour comes you may remember that I told you about them. I did not say these things to you from the beginning, because I was with you.
In these months of COVID almost everyone has lost something.
The cost of love is the inevitability of loss.
It is a harrowing experience to sit through seven episodes of the Netflix epic western “Godless.” It takes a strong constitution to stomach the violence and sadness of the chaotic shattered world the film portrays.
Tomorrow, if we choose to participate in an Ash Wednesday liturgy, we may receive a black smudge of ash on our forehead in the sign of a cross, as we hear the words,
Remember you are dust,
and to dust you shall return.
Remembrance Day is a good time to ponder loss and grief and to explore our own response to the inevitable pain that accompanies the often difficult realities of life.
Anyone who has ever experienced grief should watch Nancy Berns’ meditation on how we deal with loss at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0rCfXSdYPE
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In the 1940’s Nella Last was, what was then kown as a “housewife”, living in Barrow-in-Furness, England. Nella Last was, in most ways an unremarkable woman. But there was one thing about Nella Last that has caused her name to be remembered around the world since she died in 1968.
I don’t know if it is the building in which we are gathered, or the fact that we are here for the funeral of a grand gentleman who has affected our lives in so many ways. But, as we move through the service, I find myself caught in a dark malestrom of emotion.
Loss, resentment, and bitterness are an unholy trinity that poison many peoples’ lives.
In A Spacious Place 