"Encountering Jesus in our Disappointment" (Luke 24:17-24)
SERMON NOTES
Sermon Series: Encountering the Risen Jesus
Sermon Title: Encountering Jesus in our Disappointment
Passage: Luke 24:17-24
First Question (v17-18)
1st Question: What do we learn from the travelers? When we’re angry, it’s easy to take our anger out on others
Straining our relationships
Perpetuating a cycle of anger
Follow-up Question (v19-24)
2nd Question: What do we learn about Jesus? That he is so incredibly patient
3rd Question: What do we learn from Jesus? How to patiently listen to others
Incarnational Listening:
is not about you
is fully present
asks questions - good questions and follow-up questions
waits patiently
embraces silence
remains attentive to God
SERMON FOOTNOTES
Displacement: the transfer of feelings or behavior from their original object to another person” - [VerwellMind] - [PsychologyToday]
“Being heard is so close to being loved that for the average person, they are almost indistinguishable” - David Augsburger (Caring Enough to Hear and Be Heard - quote taken from Emotionally Healthy Discipleship, p149 by Peter Scazzero)
“Ask me not where I live or what I like to eat...ask me what I think I am living for, in detail, and ask me what I think is keeping me from living fully for the thing I want to live for.” - Thomas Merton (My Argument with the Gestapo - quote taken from Life Together in Christ, p74 by Ruth Haley Barton)
“Christians, especially ministers, so often think they must always contribute something when they are in the company of others, that this is the one service they have to render. They forget that listening can be a greater service than speaking. Many people are looking for an ear that will listen. They do not find it among Christians, because these Christians are talking where they should be listening. But he who can no longer listen to his brother will soon no longer be listening to God either.” - Dietrich Bonhoeffer (Life Together p97-98)
Recommended Reading:
Emotionally Healthy Discipleship by Peter Scazzero
Emotionally Healthy Spirituality by Peter Scazzero
The Holy Longing: The Search for a Christian Spirituality by Ronald Rotheiser
Invitation to a Journey: A Road Map for Spiritual Formation by M. Robert Mulholland Jr.
Life Together by Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Life Together in Christ: Experiencing Transformation in Community by Ruth Haley Barton (based on the story of the road to Emmaus)
With Burning Hearts: A Meditation on the Eucharistic Life by Henri Nouwen (reflection on the the story of the road to Emmaus)