Most of the people in worship (due to their lines of sight) probably could not have seen the wonderful images that were being projected onto the front wall as our Good Friday Service of Darkness progressed. As most will know, the west wall of our building has a large stained glass image of Jesus.
On Good Friday this year, as has been true in a couple of years past, the setting sun was at such a place in the sky that it was coming through the stained glass window and casting a shadow of our large wooden cross on to the wall beside our altar. Of course, as the sun continued to set, the shadow grew and became taller on the wall.
By the time of meditation, the sun was shining rather directly through the face of Jesus and highlighting the "INRE" placard and the crown of thorns at the top of the cross. And then, as we turned out the lights for the time of darkness, the wall was glowing with the colors of the Jesus window making their way up the wall as the cross was now out of the "spotlight" and in the shadows.
It was a powerful image of Jesus dying and His spirit leaving this earth for the journey to do battle with the devil and then to return again in the resurrection.
It was, again, one of those times when it is great to be at the altar to observe the grander images of God's grace.
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