The Man We Crucified Twice
The Man We Crucified Twice —a cracked reflection on the myth, the man, and the mess we made— We nailed him to a cross. Then we buried his humanity beneath centuries of gold leaf and guilt. He spoke in parables, not proclamations. He touched the untouchables, walked with the outcasts, and dared to whisper love where law had choked it out. Jesus, the rebel. Jesus, the heretic. Jesus, the man. But that was not enough for us. We needed more than a mirror. We needed a god to excuse our inaction. So we raised him too high to follow. We carved him into stained glass and stopped listening to what he actually said. And in doing so— We crucified him a second time. Not with nails, but with dogma. Not with whips, but with worship twisted into control. We crowned the myth and silenced the man. But he never asked to be worshipped. He asked us to wake up . To feed the hungry. To heal the sick. To love the ones we call “other.” Not to build cathedrals in his name, ...