Witnesses to the Ascension

What is Ascension Sunday? Resurrection part 2? “Why are you staring toward heaven?” two white-robed men ask. And for us as well, our focus is here. This king, this proclaimer of good news to the poor, this enemy of the state, this executed criminal, has been enthroned — and stands at the center of all that is. The Jesus community remains in hiding — but it is also marked by their eating together, a symbol of covenant. In this time Jesus teaches and commissions them as ambassadors, and pilgrims, and witnesses. This is life and living in our bodies the truth of justice and peace in Jesus — in the face of powers and principalities. We mark with our bodies in life the politics of heaven on earth.