Lyndsey, thank you for this. You have put beautiful prose and meaningful wisdom to the silence we will commemorate and experience once again this year. The idea that Jesus' time in hell—before he brought captives in his train up from the depths—could have included enduring with them is so powerful, and so like the Jesus I want to know more.
As a foster mum to children so impacted by trauma we live in this truth often.your words bring a theological space for that to be OK. As my eldest sobbed through the Good Friday service, so overwhelmed by anger at the sin she endured that she physically collapsed, this is what I can offer her - thank you 😊 xx
Wow thank you Lyndsay for this beautiful piece of writing and theology. Trauma is something so many of us have experienced and yet the church is often quiet about it. Thanks for showing how Easter Saturday holds this space without easy answers.
Thank you for this Lyndsey. I really appreciated this reflection this year. I especially liked your line “we are witnessed and we are loved exactly in the Saturday space of loss…”
I don't know if this is an official term somewhere or not, but a grad professor for my husband talked frequently about the power of "radical human presence." The phrase has stuck with me for years now - the power of really, truly being with someone, of honestly witnessing their pain. That is a lot of what I think of when I sit back and marvel at the truth of Immanuel, God with us.
I loved this. I had the privilege of preaching on Holy Saturday this year and my primary takeaway was how profound it is that there is space in Holy Week for our grief and trauma. That God does not rush us straight to Sunday. Thank you for writing!
Lyndsey, thank you for this. You have put beautiful prose and meaningful wisdom to the silence we will commemorate and experience once again this year. The idea that Jesus' time in hell—before he brought captives in his train up from the depths—could have included enduring with them is so powerful, and so like the Jesus I want to know more.
As a foster mum to children so impacted by trauma we live in this truth often.your words bring a theological space for that to be OK. As my eldest sobbed through the Good Friday service, so overwhelmed by anger at the sin she endured that she physically collapsed, this is what I can offer her - thank you 😊 xx
PS your experiment in writing a theological essay and making it accessible has been a big win for me. I'd love more like this.
Wow thank you Lyndsay for this beautiful piece of writing and theology. Trauma is something so many of us have experienced and yet the church is often quiet about it. Thanks for showing how Easter Saturday holds this space without easy answers.
Thank you for this Lyndsey. I really appreciated this reflection this year. I especially liked your line “we are witnessed and we are loved exactly in the Saturday space of loss…”
Making complex theology more accessible is such a difficult task. Thank you for taking it on. I would love to read more essays like this one.
This is powerful. Thank you.
I don't know if this is an official term somewhere or not, but a grad professor for my husband talked frequently about the power of "radical human presence." The phrase has stuck with me for years now - the power of really, truly being with someone, of honestly witnessing their pain. That is a lot of what I think of when I sit back and marvel at the truth of Immanuel, God with us.
I loved this. I had the privilege of preaching on Holy Saturday this year and my primary takeaway was how profound it is that there is space in Holy Week for our grief and trauma. That God does not rush us straight to Sunday. Thank you for writing!