When everything at is stake, how do we make sure our message goes through? If we want our children, or our students, or our spouse to really hear what we have to say, how do we say it? Sometimes we have to run the risk of receiving an eye-roll response because of the importance of the message. Sometimes events create pressure so that we have a limited time to say what we have to say.

            In the movie My Life, Michael Keaton plays Bob Ivanovich, a young man with a pregnant wife. To his horror, he receives a diagnosis of terminal cancer. He likely will die before his son even enters the world. He records instructions for his son, so that the boy will know his father. In the videos, Bob shows his son how to shave, cook spaghetti, drive a car, jump-start a dead battery and shoot basketball. He records for his son the life skills he will never teach him in person. After he has gone, these videos will provide the only influence he will have on his son. Whatever he needs to tell him, he must tell him now.

The darkness

            Our text shows Jesus speaking to the disciples at their last meal together before his death. Whatever he needs to tell the disciples, he must tell them now. Jesus has come into the darkness of the world as the light. Into the darkness of sin, Jesus has brought the light of grace. Into the darkness of deceit, Jesus has brought the light of truth. Into the darkness of blindness, disease and death, Jesus has brought the light of healin

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