Sunday, April 26, 2020 – The 7th Sunday of remote worship.
Luke 24: 13-35
I used to do a pub bible study on Monday nights for a number years at Colby College,
it was one of my many unsuccessful initiatives.
The secret of college chaplaincy is that we really have no idea what we’re doing.
because the population is ever changing.
So we try stuff,
and it usually doesn’t work,
and we adjust and try again.
I persisted with pub bible study for longer than I probably should have,
because the 1-2 people who did come were invariably nice to be around.
And because I once – right after Easter –
got to read and study the Emmaus Road story,
with someone who was reading it for the very first time.
I know I say this most weeks,
but this is one of my very favorite stories out there,
and to read it with an adult,
who’s taking faith and scripture seriously,
is a really special thing.
This is one of those stories, I think,
that the more we sit with it,
the more it opens up.
so much richness here,
and so many questions,
not the least of which: Why couldn’t they recognize him at the start?
And where did he go at the end?