Recently our Church has being working its way through the ‘I am” sayings of Jesus. It fell to Norma, an Ordinand on placement to preach on the above text taken from the story of the raising of Lazarus. Much of what she had to say was pretty standard stuff, but one part of her sermon made me think.

Norma remarked on what she called ‘mini deaths’ – those times in our life when we mourn the passing  of something important to us. It maybe a job, the children leaving home, loss of status, indeed a whole host of things that can happen to us in life that cause us to grieve. She asked: How does Jesus come to us in those situations? How does he display the power of his resurrection in these ‘mini deaths’?

I confess I find these very interesting questions and I’m not sure I have an instant answer.

Well done Norma

Hallelujah

Wishing you a

Very blessed Easter