Douglas Dodd

I'm not particularly religious but I like this from today's John Pavlovitz column, The Beautiful Mess.

Who and where is Jesus on this Easter?

Jesus is permanently entombed in a bombed-out basement in Gaza.

Jesus was slain on a Minneapolis sidewalk by the masked thugs.

Jesus lies lifeless beneath the jagged rubble of an Iranian girl’s school.

Jesus is the veteran whose house was foreclosed on after his aid was canceled.

Jesus died from exposure in the squalor of a scalding Florida concentration camp.

Jesus is the Latino man weathering the taunts and threats of emboldened bigots in the very restaurant he built.

Jesus is the Muslim grandfather, cleaning profane slurs from the walls of his mosque.

Jesus was violated on an island by grotesque monsters whose power and privilege keep their names concealed.

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Facebook asks what's on my mind. Today my daughter, Eliza N Dodd, is on my mind. Not only is she going to get hip replacement surgery tomorrow but she went to work at Goodwill today. She is a strong brave woman and I absolutely applaud her. I'm sure she would love some encouraging words on her page.

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