Everything is Fine

The world tries to tell us that everything is fine.  But it isn't.  The Narrative Lectionary takes us to John 19 and the condemning of Jesus for crucifixion.  No one looks good in the story.  The cross doesn't expose Jesus.  The cross exposes everyone else and all the arrangements of power that exist.  Jesus is a mirror and the people didn't like what they saw reflected back.  The sermon is based on John 19:1-16a.