Guard of the Dead Servant of the Living

People in the Gospels often appear only for a few sentences—then vanish. This collection enters their inner worlds: a woman laboring among strangers, a soldier guarding a tomb, a youth who loses his cloak, a madman among the tombs, a boy sharing his food, a woman battling her demons. What surprises us is not only how much can be imagined, but how much courage, tenderness, and fierce love live with...