Reflections
We Preach Christ Crucified by Kenneth
Leech
Part
2, Pages
53-98
The heart of
Christianity is to keep the meaning of the crucifixion in mind. According to
Leech, the purpose is to not just worship but to follow the teachings of Jesus.
We are challenged to determine what this means for us now.
To follow as best we
can does mean re-membering our challenge to keep the meaning and importance of
the crucifixion central to what we do as
Christians.
Christians.
Re-membering
recognizes that the cross and crucifixion should have buried the meaning of
Christ's life and prevented any memory of the changes he directed His followers
to do. Re-membering means that His death mysteriously brought life to His
teachings, discipleship, and a new way of being in relationship with each
other.
Leech focused on
Jesus' non-violent message as a 'new world order' very different from the
ancient society in which he lived, preached, and died.
Our relationship
with God is challenged to not just worship but to do.
The question remains
for us to determine and discern what does the crucifixion mean to all of us,
mere mortals that we are?
Think of our health
care system. What should we do as Christians to serve all who need care even if
they cannot pay for their care? As our society seems more skewed to the very
well to do, a smaller middle class, and a growing poor, what should we, as Christians,
be doing?
I recall a prayer
written by Rev. Daughdrill. It was from his book,
Man Talk, Prayers for the Man at Work. The title never for one moment
made me think I, as a woman, could not read or access his poems. These
prayers/poems were for anyone. I often think of this book in my rich but too
busy life. In my wondering, am I re-membering Christ's crucifixion? MBA
God,
here I am again…
I
do not know who You are…
Or
where You are…
Or
what You are…
But
I do know that You are…
From Man Talk, Prayers for the Man at Work,
Rev. James Daughdrill, 1972
Pasted from <http://dlynx.rhodes.edu/jspui/handle/10267/8895>
