Skunked at Life

Having wrestled with the Gospel stories for several decades, I noticed something new recently: when I slow down and allow myself to sit with the details, old interpretations don’t work anymore.

Hold that thought.

I'm drawn to the short vignettes of the disciples after the death of Jesus, when by all measurements, they would have been deemed utter failures. So much truth emerges when notoriety and success can no longer be the mask we wear in public.

Hold that thought.

Now, let's bring those tow thoughts together. In the form of a two questions.

What does it mean to be the early adopter of a revolutionary movement, and what might we learn at the moment when the early adopters all thought they made a mistake?

I sat with these questions for some time and stuff started to emerge that challenged everything I believed about the Jesus Movement. I captured those observations in Skunked: And Other Resurrection Stories that Changed Everything I Believed about Christianity.

This one’s a zinger. I can’t wait for you to read it.