It’s been said that faith cannot exist unless its object elicits it.The Gospel of John contains an exchange between Jesus and Martha, the elder of two sisters who sent for Jesus after their brother Lazarus became ill in their small village of Bethany, only two miles from Jerusalem (where Jesus was at the time). Two days after hearing the news, Jesus went to Bethany and Martha met him in despair: “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.”It’s during the ensuing conversation that Jesus says to Martha before calling Lazarus out of the tomb, “Everyone who ...