Second Sunday of Easter (Year 2, NL)

Even with Paul's wish to serve, even with his good motives, the Lord does not answer his prayer as he asked or expected.

Just like that, Jesus is gone. He reappears just long enough to say goodbye. Like a wraith, like a dream, he leaves behind no children, no estate, no writings, no trace of himself except this feeling that his presence was real, that his absence is temporary. Christians have this uncanny feeling that he was just here. He must have just stepped out.

I kept losing track of what I was going to say next. Yet it may have been my best sermon.