Now, I never fussed about this out loud, but I confess I never much liked the pictures of Jesus that they showed around to the kids at Sunday school. Those pictures often showed him all long-haired and hollow-cheeked, looking as sad and miserable as if he’d swallowed a lemon, you know. So whenever it was my turn to talk to the kids, I’d tell them about the Jesus I read about in the Bible. He was always on the run, turning over tables in the temple, doctoring up sick folks, arguing against the hypocrites, calming stormy seas. I pictured Jesus as a man you wanted to follow into battle. A man you could trust with your life. Sort of like Major Dick Winters, you know. ~ Shifty Powers - Shifty’s War by Marcus Brotherton

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