AN OBSERVATION

IN THE NINTH CENTURY

A VIKING

WAS HEARD TO SAY

THESE CHRISTIANS

HONOR THEIR GOD

BY BEING UNCOMFORTABLE

THE WHOLE CHRISTIAN EXPERIENCE

HAS BEEN MARRED BY THESE FEELINGS

CHRIST

WHO CAME TO LIBERATE MANKIND

IS ENSLAVED

BY THOSE WHO CHOOSE

NOT TO BELIEVE IT

WE HAVE THE STYLITES

DESERT FATHERS

HAIRSHIRTS

SELF WHIPPING

READING EVERY DISASTER

AS GOD’S PUNISHMENT

AND WE DESERVE IT

WHAT KIND OF A LOVING GOD

DOES THIS PICTURE REPRESENT

WHAT DO ALL THESE PRACTICES

DO FOR THE COMMUNITY

DOES IT DRAW

AS THE VIKING SAYS

THEY SERVE THEIR GOD

BY BEING UNCOMFORTABLE

FRANK A VOLLMER