from out of the maze you spun me
the world back around A sermon on the raising of Lazarus : Amanda got me this great watch for Mardi Gras. But you have to wind it. For now , though, it’s still novel . It’s not too bothersome. Plus, it gives me something to do. But it’s also made time a little less abstract . Every time I have to wind my watch, I’m reminded once again that time is finite . That it adds up. That it counts down . That it runs out . And that is what happened to Martha, Mary, and their brother, Lazarus. Didn’t it? Time ran out . And the one they called on in those final desperate minutes proved to be no good at timing . “Lord, if you had been here.” That’s the only thing Martha could bring herself to say when Jesus showed up to her brother’s burial four days too late . …I went to make my first visit delivery of ashes a little after 9 am this year. The woman I visited, Barb, is recovering from a broken ankle. And although she is making progress, it’s not going as fast as she’d lik...