Tied Up In a Perfect Bow
"Dying just happens. Life just happens. Just like the writers and controllers of the early formation of Christianity, who spun why Jesus died --“He had to for the forgiveness of sins, the sacrificial lamb, etc.”-- I, too, spun a Christian story and meaning into everything that happened in my life. All tied up in a perfect bow. But the fact remains that they killed Jesus because he was a religious radical—an incredible leader, teacher, and being who threatened their agenda." Gina Norman It dawned on me this week that I'm not writing about Good Friday or Easter this year. I used to either give sermons on Good Friday or at least have a perfect way to showcase what Easter weekend meant, but not this year. And this reminded me of what someone very dear to me recently said, "Gina, you used to be such a beautiful Christian writer; the way you wrote about Jesus would bring me to tears." Something along those lines, anyway. My heart sank. Deep. And this isn't the f...
