Today is Good Friday, also known as Dark Friday, a day when, around the world, Christians memorialize the crucifixion of Christ, an event we believe was God’s method for absolving the sins of those who believe, an act of great kindness and love and evidence of God’s desire to be reunited with mankind. Millions will attend services today, and millions more will, at some point, stop to reflect in their own way over this mysterious relationship they have with Jesus, a relationship the Apostle Paul states must be experienced to understand. Paul even states that those who have not experienced Christ would consider us fools. I think it’s safe to say that has become true. When Christ died on the cross, the disciples didn’t know he was going to resurrect in three days. Peter tore his clothes and ran through the streets (an outward sign of grief and distress, often over a tragedy.) I wrote this letter as a reflection, trying to imagine what it must have been like to have been Peter, to have had to explain to his friends and other followers of Christ what had happened. I thought it might be appropriate for Good Friday. My Friends, [...]
