"Hey, Buddy," said the taxicab passenger, as he tapped the driver on the shoulder. The driver screamed and lost control of the cab, nearly hit a bus, jumped the curb and stopped just inches from a huge plate-glass window. For a few minutes, everything was dead still and silent. Then the driver said, "Man, you scared the living daylights out of me'"

"I'm sorry," said the passenger. "I didn't realize a tap on the shoulder would scare you so badly."

"It isn't your fault," said the driver. "Today is the first day I've driven a cab. I've been driving a hearse for the past 25 years." (1)

When somebody's dead, we expect them to stay dead, right? Unless Jesus is in the picture. All of you know the story by heart. Jesus was summoned to the home of his friends Mary, Martha, and Lazarus. Lazarus w…