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BISHOP'S OFFICE
I’ve talked with many Christians throughout my ministry who said they avoid Good Friday because they find it to be too funereal. The sorrow and gloominess of the day is too much for them to handle. Some of them ask the age-old question, “What is good about Good Friday?” This is a question that I think every Christian should ponder. How do we find good in the suffering, crucifixion, and death of Jesus Christ? Truth be told, it is hard to reconcile suffering and death with what we call “good. We know that suffering and death are universal experiences, but we do not ordinarily refer to them as being good.
Good Friday marks the culmination of God’s plan to save the world. We celebrate the goodness of God and the radical love of Jesus who willingly suffered and sacrificed his life for the sins of the world. Jesus loved God with all his heart, and with all his soul and with all his strength, and with all his mind—and he loved all his friends so much that he bore the weight of their guilt and shame. Jesus’ relentless faith set us free and through faith in Jesus Christ we can experience life in all of God’s abundance.
What happened on Good Friday isn’t just about what happens to Jesus, it is also about what happens to us. We witness how God’s redemptive love and power can transcend even the darkest hour of suffering and death. If God can redeem suffering and death, we know that God can redeem any hardships we face in our lives. We can wait on God because we know that God always has the last word! And that is good news!
Bishop Tracy S. Malone
Resident Bishop to the
East Ohio Conference
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Melissa McGee
Executive Secretary to the Bishop
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Rev. Ed Peterson
Executive Assistant to the Bishop
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