He was a friend,
a friend who would understand
being put in the ground
to make a point
Or at least,
he was a friend
without his own publicist
to tell of abandonment,
being raised from the dead
for effect
That’s a friend.
March 28, 2007, April 10, 2007 19:53
Based on the sermon,
“Extravagant Love” by
the Reverend Lori Eldredge,
Wesley United Methodist Church,
Concord, NH on March 25, 2007
John 12:1-8 & John 11:1-44, especially 28-44
(Raymond A. Foss)
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