People as old as I am may remember a radio show called ‘The Goon Show’. There’s a character called Eccles. And someone asks him “what are you doing here?” And he replies, “Everybody’s got to be somewhere”. And the amazing thing about the incarnation of God in Jesus is that he is ‘somewhere’. And that ‘somewhere’ was a male Jewish person in first century Palestine.
When it comes to the Ascension of Jesus, I can’t do better than what I once heard someone say; “Jesus ascended into the everywhere”. That ‘somewhere’ is now ‘everywhere’ and ‘all time’ and free of all bonds of particularity, and here for me, and there for you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Meanwhile, it’s a fair morning and I’m looking forward to a walk of reasonable length with Janet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
People as old as I am may remember a radio show called ‘The Goon Show’. There’s a character called Eccles. And someone asks him “what are you doing here?” And he replies, “Everybody’s got to be somewhere”. And the amazing thing about the incarnation of God in Jesus is that he is ‘somewhere’. And that … <\/p>\n