It’s often said that ‘what goes around comes around’. I think this was bought home to me this week after the Easter Sunday Eucharist service sermon, preached in Glasgow’s Episcopal cathedral by the Provost, Kelvin Holdsworth. In his sermon, he talked about how Mark’s gospel just sort of ends – no real revelation, message or grand plan. It just peters out with a man telling Mary that Jesus had gone ahead to Galilee and that he would see the disciples there…

There you will see him, just as he told you  Mark says.

The jist of the sermon was, I think, that faith is enough. Just to go on and see what happens, there being no need for some big master plan or dramatic revelation. Although others have tried to add a better ending to Mark’s Gospel, biblical scholars generally tend to agree that Mark’s really does finish in this way. Just follow your faith and your beliefs…

And when I was thinking about this message, during the choir singing the beautiful and hauntingly piercing Agnus Dei  from Schubert’s setting of the mass in G (which I’ve not sung for many years) it suddenly struck me that this is of course, lesson one from Dan Pink’s Adventures of Johnny Bunko. There is no plan, says Diana….talking about doing things for instrumental (the plan) or fundamental (valuable) reasons. Fundamental, because you enjoy things, are good at them, and they have value, no matter where or what they might lead you to….And this was the message, I think, from Sunday’s Easter sermon. Believe, have faith, and that’s enough to make good stuff happen.

Incidentally, the Provost usually podcasts, video’s and pdf’s his sermons. Just follow the link (his name) above if you’re interested, I think it’s well worth a listen. The music from the service was outstanding, as always at St Mary’s.

I’m sure Dan Pink didn’t link the two as I appear to have done when he wrote JB….but then again, you never know. What goes around comes around…..