What Do We Do On November 9th?

By Rev. Linda Taylor

There's a Bible story that speaks to me about our current national situation. It's the story of a rich man who for many years walked right past Lazarus, a poor man who sat begging at the rich man's gate. He walked past him to all the goodness of his life and never gave a thought to the man he saw--or perhaps never noticed--every day of his life. Well, as it happens to all of us, both these men die. Lazarus dies and is taken up to Abraham--into the bosom of Abraham--and the rich man dies and goes in another direction. He gets there, and he's thirsty. He can see Abraham and Lazarus sitting together. He says, Father Abraham, please send Lazarus with a little sip of water to wet my tongue. And Abraham says, No, the chasm is too wide between us. It's too broad. We can't go there, and you can't come here. So the rich man says, Well, then, send Lazarus to tell my brothers what happened to me, so that maybe the same thing won't happen to them. And Father Abraham says, No, the chasm is too wide.

More...