Recalling undertakers I have known, there was one who went appropriately by the name of Mr Death, but who pronounced his name rather less ominously as Mr De’ath. But more significantly, I remember one saying in my hearing: “I wish these ministers didn’t keep harping on about the resurrection at the funeral service. The mourners…

“Are You the one who is to come, or shall we wait for another?”  is the rather surprising question John the Baptist puts to Jesus. Surprising because after all John had affirmed and heralded Jesus right at the beginning of His ministry. “This is the One…” he passionately announced.  But now apparently even John is…