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Today’s post is by the\u00a0Rev. Anne Edison-Albright, College Pastor at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa.<\/em><\/p>\n

My daughter, Sally, is four years old, and very interested in and concerned about Jesus\u2019 death. At her favorite museum<\/a>\u00a0there\u2019s a large crucifix and a painting that includes the image of Jesus on the cross. Sally is drawn to this room in the museum, and, on a recent visit there, she pointed to these images and solemnly announced: \u201cLook. God died.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Photo credit Jane Clare. Luther College prayer chapel crucifix<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

There\u2019s a big part of me that wanted to rush right in with Easter assurances. OK, let\u2019s be real, I did rush in with those assurances. She put her little hand up to stop me. She wanted to be in that moment, surrounded by artwork that revealed one of the most profound incarnational truths of our faith. She didn’t want to be rushed.<\/p>\n

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There\u2019s a no-rush approach to understanding how kids handle difficult feelings or ideas called The Train Analogy. The difficult feeling or situation is a tunnel, and the child is a train going through the tunnel. Well-meaning adults often want to pull an emergency switch to get the child out of the tunnel faster, but the tunnel is the length that the tunnel is. The adult\u2019s role is to ride through the tunnel with the child, however long it lasts.<\/p>\n

The experience of worship on Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and the Easter Vigil is, in many ways, a tunnel we ride through together. It is a shared experience of Jesus\u2019 loving final acts, his death, and his resurrection. The services are designed to be one liturgy, best experienced together, coming back again night after night. It\u2019s an unusual pattern for us\u2014\u201cSee you tomorrow night!\u201d\u2014always feels a bit weird and wonderful: when else would we set aside this kind of time for each other as the Body of Christ, for worship, for prayer, for singing and hearing the story of God? Encourage your congregation to ride through Holy Week together. The tunnel is as long as it is\u2014there\u2019s no rush!<\/p>\n

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Photo credit: Paul Edison-Swift. Pastor Annie and Sally<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

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