If the font leaks, then so do we. Something we can’t hide from this week \u201d\u201c Holy Week \u201d\u201c as Christians walk with Jesus and his friends from Jerusalem towards a place of execution called Calvary.<\/p>\n
This journey has not been comfortable for anyone. The friends of Jesus protest undying allegiance one minute, then run away the next. They want some of what they think will be the glory, only to melt when the heat is turned up. In other words, they turn out not to be as big or strong as they had thought themselves to be. Peter, the man who would deny even knowing Jesus when confronted by a young girl in the garden, takes his name from Petros \u201d\u201c the rock \u201d\u201c yet he turns out to be more porous limestone than impenetrable granite.<\/p>\n
Now, for Christians this is no big deal. Almost every service in an Anglican Church begins with us all putting our hands up and admitting \u201d\u201c publicly and corporately \u201d\u201c that we have messed up. Yet, this isn’t some group therapy session \u201d\u201c nor is it any sort of bah humbug nonsense. Rather, it’s a recognition of what every human being knows: we fail and we fall. And there’s no point pretending otherwise. It isn’t about being maudlin; it’s about facing the truth about ourselves as people, then moving on with resolve, but without illusion.<\/p>\n