One reason we celebrate All Saints Day is that the saints show us that when we truly do rely on God, when we seek his will in prayer, when like Ruth we follow him to places that don’t make sense unless God shows up in power and keeps his promises—we see in the saints another way to live. The lives of the saints surprise us because we see in them a way of life that doesn’t make sense unless Jesus is risen from the dead and the Holy Spirit is alive and very present in the world today, in our church, in our lives.