Sigh. Another entry in the embarrassing moments journal from having dodgy bowels: I'm at my favourite restaurant and they bring me a complementary dessert. Except I have to send it back because the ice cream would give me a severe burning diarrhoea.
The boots get #stomping in the great state of #Utah! And the #cowards who represent us in #Congress don't have the #decency or the #integrity to #standup to the #felon #bully in the #WhiteHouse. #Shame on you, #representatives and #senators from UT. #UTPolitics #government #corrupt #tyranny #OpposeFascism #antiAmerican #fascism
A thought for this Holy Week.
Crucifixion was not about execution; not really. There are much easier ways to accomplish that. It isn't even about torture, though it was torturous.
Crucifixion is a means of shaming someone into oblivion. It is an extreme form of bullying: one in which the Roman goons assert dominance by publicly degrading their victim to death.
There are several clues in the gospel stories that the shame of crucifixion was far worse than we imagine.
I say this not to dwell on suffering. But if you have suffered shame and degradation; if you have been disposed of and mocked and your reputation destroyed; you are in the best of company. They did this to Jesus. And the shaming of this righteous man is turned right back on his bullies in the crucifixion. The mirror Jesus holds up to our lives, that we might see ourselves more truly, now casts that shame back on them.
God is the bullied one, and the one who stands against all bullies. He endures even this for our sake; and in the end, his Father raises him from the grave to new life. He is vindicated. And in him, so are you.
The most frustrating thing about our nation today is that Trump's highest approval is regarding his deportations. He has 49% approval there.
Think about that. All the outrage that is being down about lack of due process, no warrants, and putting people into concentration camps, and roughly half the nation is cheering it on.
#Politics #Immigration #Immigrants #Deportation #ConcentrationCamps #Tragedy #Dictatorship #Tyranny #Shame
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