Dorcas (Acts 9:26-43)
This brief interlude in the book of Acts is about a woman who made all the difference. When she died people responded first with deep grief, then with prayer. Dorcas was restored to them.
Unlike some of the other resurrection or resuscitation narratives in Acts, the story of Dorcas gets smaller press. Here is a pillar of the church, a true servant, a person no one can live without. Dorcas was a cook and host, a seamstress, and servant leader.
We all know the Dorcases in our lives. And perhaps we might pray for a few of them today. It doesn't take long, and often, as the scriptures attest, the prayer of the faithful can restore the sick. Those taken from us might be brought near. And every congregation needs a few of these Dorcases to be the church.
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