I’m not sure why but “We wish to see
Jesus” has always reminded me of Dorothy asking to see the wizard in The Wizard
of Oz. Truth to be told the Wizard of Oz was a very scary movie my family watched
every year. Some of my very first memories are hiding my face in a pillow whenever
the Wicked Witch of the West appeared on our black and white Admiral TV. The
Jesus the Greeks wished to see was not nearly as scary as the wicked witch but
that is not to say his way of being wasn't troubling. Hating one’s life in this
world has led to all sorts of scary scenarios that have had little to do with
what Jesus was about. But if we cling to the notion that God’s way of being is
not like a charlatan behind the curtain but rather a way home that has heart
and brain and courage then all the good things of faith follow.
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