No words in John’s gospel are ever very far from the verb “believe.” So today’s gospel lesson from John’s account of the supper before the Passover, we read, “Jesus said, “Let not your hearts be troubled; believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father’s house are many rooms . . . And when I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also” (John 14:1–3). I have a hunch that Father Wells’s faith journey was underway before he had any idea that it was possible for God not to be a part of people’s lives. He grew up in the church. He and Father Joseph Zorawick, retired rector of Christ and St. Stephen’s Church, sang together in the boys’ choir of the Church of the Resurrection here in the city. I think it is fair to say that Father Wells never ventured far from knowing his Lord.
Read more