Release for the Oppressed (Part 4)

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(July 26, 09 – Mike Nichols interviewing Ralph Winter)
Jesus is not afraid of the dark. He knows that no darkness can overcome him. He was not afraid of the dark intentions of the Jewish leaders, nor the darkness of sickness; mental disease, or evil. He was not afraid of the darkness of death of his own friends or his own death. So many of the stories of our lives have darkness in them—things that are untimely, rude, and hopeless—whether it is death taking a grandparent, a teenager speeding on a darkened highway, or an infant just beginning life.

There is darkness when we lose our jobs, or a close friend, or our marriages fail. darkness surrounds us when we struggle with addictions, battle with cancer, flunk out of school, give up on family plans. darkness especially attack us when we get wrapped-up in ourselves, and allow hate and resentment to control our lives. But the gospel reminds us that Jesus is not afraid of these dark place. He comes to be with us in these places; to walk with us and redeem what “the locusts have eaten”. Life with Jesus is essentially a mix of our story with Jesus story.

Today Ralph Winter, accomplished movie producer, speaks to us about not being afraid of the “dark”, and how we need to embrace some of that in how we tell stories and discern stories as Christians.

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