Guest Post - Woman Behold Your Son

Today's guest post is a Good Friday sermon written and preached by my friend Rebecca Myers on March 30, 2013. Recently ordained a Deacon in the Episcopal Church, Rebecca is finishing seminary at General Theological Seminary in New York City and is exploring the possibilities of serving as a Priest in Kentucky, Massachusetts, or California.  Over our decades long friendship, we have laughed, cried, hiked, cooked, camped, traveled, protested, worshiped, and dismantled racism together.  A mother of two children and two grandchildren, she has traveled extensively, lived in more than a half-dozen states, served as an elected member of a school board, and has worked as a social worker, lobbyist, program director for organizations like The Girls Club, Hospice and National Association of Social Workers. We survived and learned from many "This Is Wednesday" moments.  A wonderful storyteller, Rebecca weaves stories of her life (and some of our shared life together) into the biblical story of Mary, mother of Jesus, at the foot of his cross found in John 19:26-26.

You will find an audio of her 19 minute sermon here. There is a bit of a hymn at the beginning and the sermon follows.

Blessings.