The Crucifixion of God: On Tribes and Self-Criticism

Last post this week reflecting on tribes and self-criticism.

If we're looking for a resource for self-criticism to speak into a tribe's darkest impulses I don't think the cross can be surpassed.

The cross was the moment when we looked God in the face and saw the devil.

The cross was the moment when we looked at the light and called it darkness.

The cross was the moment when we looked at innocence and called it criminal.

The cross was the moment when we cursed and tortured love. 

That happened. We did that. Our moral confusion was so profound North became South and West became East.

And if that happened, how could we trust our tribe ever again?

With the cross in the midst of us, can we ever be trusted when we say we see the devil in the faces of others?

Ever be trusted to execute the criminal or torture the enemy?

Can we ever be trusted with killing again?

The cross stands in the middle of our tribe and answers with an eternal verdict:

"No."