From Pastor Jess:

“Lord, if you had been here my brother would not have died!” Both sisters, Mary and Martha, lay this accusation at Jesus’ feet when he finally shows up, much too late, to visit the ailing Lazarus.

On Sunday we will hear their story in John 11, these close friends of Jesus whom he loves very much, and maybe even echo the grief and anger of Mary and Martha: Where are you, Jesus? If you would just show up when we need you to, we wouldn't have to live in this world of death, grief and disorder!

But, we do live in such a world. And, we live in Christ who cannot help but bring what is dead back into life, as he does with Lazarus. Resurrection appears on the surface to be the exact opposite of ordinary living and ordinary dying. In our world, the dead do not come back to life. Death is final. And yet there is

also a hidden logic to resurrection that isn’t at odds at all with the world we know.

The sun returns every morning, without fail. The spring comes; green shoots appear where there had been only dry ground. Cycles of living and dying and living again seem to testify to the strange truth that nothing is ever lost. Have a blessed week, in which you are able to experience double vision- seeing things as they truly are as well as seeing the places where life and love are at work making justice and mercy visible- and I look forward to being with you, in Christ, on Sunday.

My Office Hours for the week of 3/23 are: Tuesday & Thursday, 8:30-3

Rev. Jess Lambert

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