I heard about a man once.
Others have heard of him too.
Sometimes they even talk about him.
They talk about…
his ministry…
his words…
and all the things he did and didn’t do.
They talk about how he lived a long time ago,
and somewhere a lot of us haven’t been.
They like to say he doesn’t look how Hollywood portrays him,
and others say we hardly know the man.
We rarely name our sons after him these days,
and it’s always odd if you do meet someone with his name.
Words have been written about him,
both back then and today.
I wonder if we will ever know more about him?
Will a historical search reveal more about him?
Will we meet him someday?
Will he be as we have imagined?
Dark hair, tan skin.
Will we be shocked at his humanness?
Will we hate him?
Will we dare to speak his name?
Judas.
