In chapter 9 of John's gospel, we find a vivid account of Jesus' healing of a man born blind. This is the sixth sign John records, and it completely upends the lives of his neighbours, parents, and the increasingly hostile Pharisees. But somehow the healed man comes through this turmoil in a very positive way. What did he have that these other people didn't? What did the man born blind discover that we, too, need?
