Tuesday, April 1, 2008

11. Golgotha

When I think about the chocolate eggs of Easter, I can't help but think that we, in some way, are the disciples at Gethsemane and Golgotha. We, by buying chocolates, are buying into the dominant worldview. We are all aware that the chocolate we buy is more often than not made by the sweat and labour of oppressed workers. By buying chocolate, we endorse this system. And by doing that, we abandon Jesus in his hour of need: we become the disciples at Gethsemane; we become Peter as the cock crows; we become the scoffers by being the 'scoffers'. What reaction do you have to the easter egg cross?

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