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Mar 08, 2005

Volume 122, Issue #5

Lectionary

Ready or not: Matthew 27:55-61

I once lived in a village in Germany that lay at the foot of a mountain covered in deep forest. A narrow farm separated the houses from the forest, and a cemetery occupied a piece of land part way up the mountain. Sometimes on my daily walks I stopped at the cemetery. It was the busiest place in town.

Back to life: John 11:1-45

How far had Lazarus traveled along the way of clarity, truth, and reality in those four days?

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