Death has a way of stopping us in our tracks. Most of us spend our lives trying not to think about it. We stay busy. We make plans. We exercise, eat healthy food, buy insurance, take our vitamins, and hope for the best. Our culture does everything it can to push death to the edges… Continue reading What Death Can Teach Us About Life
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Death is sleep
In Mark 5 Jesus raises Jairus’ dead daughter to life. A little while before Jairus, a synagogue ruler, approached Jesus, the itinerant preacher, for help. The request was highly irregular: Jairus was a respected, honourable man in that culture. Yet, he falls (quite unceremoniously) at the feet of a homeless, poor, miracle worker’s feet and… Continue reading Death is sleep