Lazarus as Defining Central Gospel Message
One of the books I'm reading right now on my Kindle is Thomas Moore's latest work, Writing in the Sand: Jesus and the Soul of the Gospels. In preparation for a renewed emphasis in 2010 on Jesus as elder brother and wayshower, which I'll be helping to teach at Unity of Monterey Bay (CA), I'm doing some background reading on alternative perspectives on the Orthodox Gospel accounts. In one of the later chapters of the book, Moore says this about the overarching message of Jesus the Christ: "[In the Lazarus story] Jesus is revealing a truth that everyone knows or sets aside: if the world could live by the principle of love, it would find its healing and come to life" That felt like a good message to share with you on Christmas Eve 2009.Agape to all and to all a Good Life.
