This sermon is dominated by one image - scars. Rather than the cumulative force of many images, here is the cumulative force of one - scars - skillfully worked. When done effectively, as it is here, the listeners do not anticipate what is coming and therefore dare not abandon listening.

The presence of scars means there have been wounds. More importantly, it means there has been healing. Read and see how the preacher does it for his parish and for readers/listeners.

The old saying, "You can’t take it with you" is not completely true! There is something that we take with us from this life into the next - that something is our SCARS.

That’s right! We take with us our scars. These past two Sundays our gospel lessons point to the fact that the risen Christ still carried on his body the scars …