RESURRECTION
But when it comes to resurrection – there’s no doubt one of my all time favorite stories is one you well might have read either in Martin Mary’s CONTEXT or in Sources and Resources a couple of years ago. It’s the Locus Classicus of Easter Sunday stories. Supposedly true, it has been passed along from Fr. Tom Bowers, Dr. Lewis Crew and Integrity/Forum. Cut this one out and save it: Eight year-old Stephen was mentally retarded – and his problem was worsening and was becoming even more noticeable to his classmates in Sunday School. The teacher was becoming more and more sensitive about how his classmates would treat him. Could they continue to love him as they came to see his difference? In April, the Sunday School teacher asked all eight children in his class to hide within an empty Leggs pantyhose container one small object that represented the new life in spring. Fearing that Stephen might not have caught on, and not…
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