How does one destroy a good poem? Read the poem as if it as literal! Not only is this confusing, but sometimes out right strange. Trying to read God into our story has been the mistake of humans since the beginning of time. We become aware of Gods story when we surrender our answers and systematic codes. We are invited into the greater and larger story of God. We should never insist on shrinking the creator into our small spaces and consciousness. There is an invitation to the divine rhythm and Jesus shows us how to sing in tune with all creation. Jesus embodies its ok to accuse God of abandoning us in our time of need. He has compassion towards his violent oppressors and speaks to the goodness of his father in the mist of suffering. Remember, Jesus did not die to pacify God; he died that we would stop perpetrating the myth of redemptive violence. He died that we could forgive ourselves, our neighbor and return the love that has always been God. He rose to show us death is not the final authority, his father is. The ancient and persistent myth that the Gods need blood to be happy with his creation is the oldest misconception in all the ancient books. This sad deceit continues to keep the violence in our lives. The sooner we quite making ancient poems into facts and ancient tribal codes into the very words of God, the sooner we will stop acting out these toxic visions of God on earth. Jesus models how to live with in violent systems; he was born into one of the most oppressive regimes known in human history. He gives us less answers than most preachers allow themselves to admit. What most of us are hoping for is permission to accept our own inadequacies, permission to believe, but we often get confined to once progressive ideas that are now regressive. God is calling us forward into himself, to the of redemption.

I affirm with all my heart that God is good, and yet fear is ever present causing me to question my creator’s affection or good will. Lets lament, curse, cry, surrender, and fall into the darkness that may be present, because God is near. Darkness only last for a night, but morning is coming, and there is joy there. All seasons have their boundaries and so do we. I want to emulate the Jesus stories, follow them and stop playing into ancient beliefs, a God who is far from a loving father. Jesus invites into a better story! Though the story has been long high jacked, its ours to re discover.