In Luke's gospel parable of the rich man and Lazarus (16:19-31), both die and the name-less, face-less rich man begs for Lazarus to be sent to him to comfort him. While in this life Lazarus lacked all the material goods of the rich man, what most amazed the kids when we discussed this was that the rich man knew Lazarus in this life. He knew his name. To know one's name is to gain entry into intimate friendship with someone. Nevertheless, Lazarus remained a name-less person to rich man as he lived this life. So I asked them,who is the Lazarus in your life?
Whether they remained speechless because they were pondering or whether they were bored will remain to be seen.
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