The more you read this story, the more it seems to glow, almost dizzying us with sensory overload, not unlike the fragrance of Mary's poured perfume. This stopover in Bethany becomes a point of rest not only for Jesus on his danger-fraught journey to Jerusalem, but also a place for us to pause, ponder, and wonder. In many ways this is a most familiar story, since some version of it appears in each gospel. Yet this one is different, lit…
Carol CookJune 1, 2010