It is Good Friday.  Maggie Jarrell, West End’s Pastor of Children and Families, is preaching.  Part of this service is the retelling of the story of the passion from the Gospel of John.  Then Maggie reminds us that it a gruesome, sad, and lengthy walk to the cross.  And then she explores that grief from our pandemic experiences and other current happenings that make the world feel so heavy now.  We feel all the feelings.  Although our culture tends to focus on the positives, we know we still have the heaviness.  This Good Friday makes us know that Jesus knows our pains and asks us to leave them at the foot of the cross, knowing that we are loved, so very loved.    (NOTE: The video begins with the Meditation, but once it starts you can scroll back to the beginning of the service if you want.  The entire service is videoed.)