Our Blindness
Google Image I recently read a book called “The Diary of Jesus Christ” by Bill Cain, who is an American playwright and Jesuit priest. It was a gift from a dear friend, so I felt some obligation to read it. As it turned out, I very much liked this fresh look at the gospel stories. If you don’t like books that take liberties with the Scripture, you won’t like this one. You can tell it’s written by a playwright. Each chapter begins with a direct-quote story from the Gospels, then goes on to dramatize each story, imagining what it might have been like in Jesus' time, using language and ideas with which people today can easily identify. One of my favorite chapters is the story of “The Beggar at the Gate.” The gospel of Luke describes the scene: A rich man feasted sumptuously every day, and a poor man, Lazarus, covered with sores, longed to satisfy his hunger with what fell from the rich man’s table….” You may recall the rest of the story. This is how Cain tells it. Arms Crossed, Looking...