Standing Fearless in the Light - 4th Sunday in Lent

Pastor Kevin talks about "not wanting to go there."  We all have an image of self that we have constructed.  Whatever doesn't validate that image tends to get hidden.  The place where those parts of ourselves are hidden is called the shadow and we don't like to go there.  Religion often tells us that holiness has to with being good when in fact it has to do with being whole.  How does a cross, a snake on a stick, and an ancient tale about a snake help us "to go there" so we can find wholeness?