April 7, 2023 Good Friday Sermon: The Very Rev. Randy Marshall Hollerith

“I take comfort in the possibility that Jesus gave himself up to death on the cross, not because he knew the victory God would bring about on Easter Sunday, but because he was faithful to whatever his Father might ask of him. I take comfort in that possibility because it is so human. Don’t all of us, at one time or another, face suffering without knowing why we suffer or what that suffering means for our future?” 

The Very Rev. Randy Marshall Hollerith retells the story of Jesus’s crucifixion and offers two perspectives: one where Jesus went to the cross knowing how his story would end, and one where he trusted his father’s command without knowing how things would end. Both interpretations still result in the ultimate sacrifice, redemption and salvation from sin, and a reminder of what it means to be human.