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Bringing forth Lazarus from a blank canvas
“Life is built, and then it stops, and then Christ reaches in and brings it forward again.”
Jessica Hooten Wilson interviews Ross Wilson
March 29, Lent 5A (John 11:1–45)
Lazarus’s story is one of grief—and hope.
by Katie Hines-Shah
Jesus wept. Why?
Maybe Jesus’ tears at Bethany come from more than grief.
by Frank G. Honeycutt
Half-light
by Sarah Rossiter
Jesus acts in response to real human suffering and actual human tears.
by Tito Madrazo
November 1, All Saints B (John 11:32-44)
What does it mean that Jesus weeps, when he knows Lazarus will be raised from the dead?
Church is the perfect place to cry
We embrace uninitiated visitors, rowdy children, and blue jeans. Why not tears?
by Heidi Haverkamp
April 2, Fifth Sunday in Lent
Romans 8:6–11; John 11:1–45
by Christine Chakoian
by Kim Bridgford
My state has the same number of churches as prisoners. This fact haunts me.
by Chris Hoke