Any God who would wander into the human condition, any
God who has this thirst to pursue us, had better not be too put off by pain,
for that's the way we tend to treat our saviors. Any God who tries to love us
had better be ready to die for it.
William Willimon
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Sometimes it seems
as if hate is going to win
as if all that is right
all that is good
is coming to an end
as on that Friday so long ago
when in the heat of the afternoon
jeers echoed
lashes fell
thorns pierced
hammer blows reverberated
and love took its last breath
or did it?
perhaps love is made of tougher stuff
perhaps
just perhaps
on that day
God looked in the face of hatred
and brutality
into the face of judgement and rejection
into the face of power and wealth
and said
“This Stops Here”
and that is why we call it
Good
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