19 min
Life in the Shadow of Death, Third Week of Social Distancing (Lent 5,) The Lutheran Podcast
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- Religion & Spirituality
We hear a story of Ezekiel, who found himself brought to a valley of dry bones by the Spirit of the Lord and asked the question, "mortal, can these bones live?".
We hear of the death of Lazarus, and witness Jesus meeting Martha and then Mary in the road to abide with them in their grief.
Throughout Scripture, joy and sorrow messily mingle, yet we see that God doesn't hurry either of them. God is the One Who Abides.
In this moment of forced abiding, we stand in a space between the world as it was and the world as it will be, or could be. How do we dwell in this space and learn from what it has to teach about both joy and sorrow?
We hear a story of Ezekiel, who found himself brought to a valley of dry bones by the Spirit of the Lord and asked the question, "mortal, can these bones live?".
We hear of the death of Lazarus, and witness Jesus meeting Martha and then Mary in the road to abide with them in their grief.
Throughout Scripture, joy and sorrow messily mingle, yet we see that God doesn't hurry either of them. God is the One Who Abides.
In this moment of forced abiding, we stand in a space between the world as it was and the world as it will be, or could be. How do we dwell in this space and learn from what it has to teach about both joy and sorrow?
19 min