messes with many of our preconceived notions about Jesus, discipleship, what it means to please God, and the kind of person God uses. Let’s see how. As mentioned above, I’d always thought of Joseph as a bit player in the resurrection narratives. The key players were people directly involved in the death and resurrection. Jesus’ burial was simply the connecting point between the two. Joseph and his tomb were necessary, but in the same way that a conjunction is needed in a longer sentence. That’s because