{"id":4853,"date":"2013-11-05T07:27:33","date_gmt":"2013-11-05T12:27:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/faithlens\/?p=4853"},"modified":"2013-10-31T10:49:41","modified_gmt":"2013-10-31T15:49:41","slug":"november-10-2013-there-are-no-zombies-in-heaven","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/faithlens\/november-10-2013-there-are-no-zombies-in-heaven\/","title":{"rendered":"November 10, 2013&#8211;There Are No Zombies in Heaven (But God would love them if they existed)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Contributed by Dennis Sepper, Tacoma, WA<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Warm-up Question<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\">What do you think happens after a person dies?\u00a0 What do you think heaven will be like?<\/p>\n<h3><b>Zombies Everywhere<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2013\/11\/shutterstock_59728765edit.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-4867\" style=\"margin: 5px\" alt=\"shutterstock_59728765edit\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2013\/11\/shutterstock_59728765edit.jpg\" width=\"140\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/faithlens\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2013\/11\/shutterstock_59728765edit.jpg 200w, https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/faithlens\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2013\/11\/shutterstock_59728765edit-133x300.jpg 133w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 140px) 100vw, 140px\" \/><\/a>It seems these days you cannot walk six feet without running into a zombie!\u00a0 The Walking Dead set a record recently for the largest viewing audience watching a season opening television show (and it was the fourth season).\u00a0 The Internet Movie Database lists some 53 (yes&#8230;53!) movies released or about to be released in 2013 alone that have zombies as characters in the movie.\u00a0 The list goes from World War Z (which got the most hype because of Brad Pitt) to, I am not making this up, A Zombie Love Song.\u00a0 Finally, at the university where I work the student body just participated in Zombie Zumba (It seems even the undead need to keep fit).<\/p>\n<p>It appears there is a cycle when the popularity of witches, vampires, werewolves and zombies rise and fall and now it is the zombies turn to be most popular.\u00a0 This is true, not just in the United States, but all around the world.\u00a0 Professor Sarah Lauro of Clemson University has studied Zombie Walks (basically a flash mob, but the participants dress as zombies).\u00a0 Dr. Lauro has documented zombie walks in 20 countries, the largest drawing over 4,000 participants.\u00a0 Dr. Lauro believes that when times are unsure and people feel more powerless about their lives for the future, zombies gain popularity.<\/p>\n<p>Zombies represent death and our fears.\u00a0 They are the great leveler as all people are plagued with the undead.\u00a0 And we root for the movie or TV hero who has the courage, strength and wisdom to take care of the zombies as they symbolically take care of our fears and our fear of death.<\/p>\n<h3>Discussion Questions<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>So where do you stand on zombies?\u00a0 Are you a fan?\u00a0 Why or why not?<\/li>\n<li>Why do you think zombies are so popular these days?\u00a0 Do you think they symbolize our fear of things?\u00a0 Why or why not?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Scripture Texts (NRSV) for Sunday, XXXXXX (SEASON)<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bible.oremus.org\/?ql=250152068\">\u00a0Job 19:23-27a<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bible.oremus.org\/?ql=250152236\">2 Thessalonians 2:1-5, 13-17<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bible.oremus.org\/?ql=250152127\">Luke 20:27-38<\/a><\/p>\n<p>(Text links are to <a href=\"http:\/\/bible.oremus.org\/\">Oremus Bible Browser<\/a>. Oremus Bible Browser is not affiliated with or supported by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. You can find the calendar of readings for Year C at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.elca.org\/Growing-In-Faith\/Worship\/Lectionary.aspx\">Lectionary Readings<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p>For lectionary humor and insight, check the weekly comic <a href=\"http:\/\/www.agnusday.org\/\">Agnus Day.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Gospel Reflection<\/h3>\n<p>At the beginning of this week&#8217;s text, we are told that the Sadducees who do not believe in the resurrection come to Jesus with a hypothetical question.\u00a0 They are not people seeking knowledge from Rabbi Jesus, they are trying to make Jesus and the belief in the resurrection look foolish.\u00a0 To understand their trick question we need to know a little bit about first century society.\u00a0 There was an ancient Levite law that is described in verses 28.\u00a0 This may sound funny to us today but it was a way that the community took care of widows who faced a very bad future if they had no family to take of them.\u00a0 The Sadducees offer up the crazy scenario we read about in verses 29-33 where one women ends up the bride of seven brothers.\u00a0 The Sadducees want to know whose wife she will be in the resurrection.<\/p>\n<p>Jesus doesn&#8217;t take the bait.\u00a0 Instead Jesus points out that in the resurrection all things will be made new and the legal structures that hold our society together will not be needed.\u00a0 We will all be so close and held together in the love of God and Jesus that marriage as we know it will not be necessary.\u00a0 So, says Jesus, there is no sense to the question that the Sadducees pose.<\/p>\n<p>Jesus then goes on to say that even Moses spoke of the resurrection when Moses stated that God <b><i><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">is<\/span><\/i><\/b> the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob&#8230;he didn&#8217;t say that God <b><i><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">was<\/span><\/i><\/b> the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.\u00a0 The implication of the present tense instead of the past tense is that Abraham, Isaac and Jacob are still living and dwell in the presence of God.<\/p>\n<p>For us as Christians today, we proclaim our faith in the resurrection based on the life, death and resurrection of Jesus.\u00a0 We base that faith, that trust on the words of Jesus (for example: &#8220;I am the resurrection and the life.&#8221;\u00a0 John 11:25 and &#8220;because I live, you also will live.&#8221;\u00a0 John 14:19) and on the testimony of those like Paul who experienced the resurrected Jesus in their lives.\u00a0 We hold tight to the promise that we will be reunited with our loved ones and those who have gone before us.<\/p>\n<p>Two things come of that faith in the resurrection of Jesus and the promise of our own resurrection.\u00a0 First, we need not fear death for to us it is not an end but as one of the funeral prayers puts it &#8220;the gate to eternal life&#8221;.\u00a0 We are free then to live a life of service to God and to our neighbor.\u00a0 In that way the resurrection is not just some future hope, it is at work in our lives and in our families and in our communities this very day.<\/p>\n<p>Second, in the resurrection our relationships do change and we are all reconciled to God and to each other.\u00a0 For those of us who have families where there has been strife and division (sometimes family members do not even speak to one another) there is the hope and promise that those broken relationship will be reconciled and healed in the resurrection and we shall all sit before the throne of God and Jesus as one family.<\/p>\n<p>As for those zombies we see everywhere&#8230;we know they do not really exist, but we can continue to enjoy being scared while watching the TV shows or movies or we can join others in the video game world fighting the zombies off.\u00a0 But we do so knowing that in the end Jesus has won the victory over death, sin and evil.<\/p>\n<h3>Discussion Questions<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>What are some of the common images we associate with heaven?\u00a0 Where do they come from? What are those images and descriptions trying to say about the Christian understanding of the afterlife?<\/li>\n<li>What difference does it make in how you live your daily life that you believe in the Resurrection?\u00a0 How would you live differently if you were absolutely convinced that there is no heaven, no afterlife?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Activity Suggestion<\/h3>\n<p>Materials needed:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Balloons for all participants (balloons strong enough to be drawn upon).<\/li>\n<li>Sharpies to draw on the balloons.<\/li>\n<li>Straight pins for all participants.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Pass out balloons to all participants and let them blow up the balloons.\u00a0 Instruct the participants to turn their balloon into a zombie by decorating it.\u00a0 When all have finished, form a circle and pray the closing prayer below.\u00a0 Then all together at the count of three, have the participants burst the balloons with their pin.\u00a0 Explain that the balloons represent our fears and through the grace of God and the resurrection of Jesus our fears are burst and we can freely serve God and neighbor.<\/p>\n<h3>Closing Prayer<\/h3>\n<p>All Sovereign and Loving God, you love your creation and all peoples in it.\u00a0 Give us such a strong confidence in your mercy and care that we may not fear but serve you and our neighbor with joyful and grateful hearts.\u00a0 You promise that through the life, death and resurrection of Jesus we are in your divine embrace today and for all eternity.\u00a0 Help us to trust in this promise every day of our lives and proclaim that promise in word and deed.\u00a0 In your most holy name we pray.\u00a0 Amen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Contributed by Dennis Sepper, Tacoma, WA &nbsp; Warm-up Question What do you think happens after a person dies?\u00a0 What do you think heaven will be like? 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