One on One Time with God

Note: On Fridays, you can find me at Your Daily Tripod, owned by my friend TonyD. A longer version of the post below appears there.

There’s a famous scene from 1987’s Barfly, starring Faye Dunaway (Wanda) and Mickey Rourke (Henry) that takes place as the pair meet in a bar:

Wanda: I can’t stand people. I hate them.

Henry: Oh yeah?

Wanda: You hate them?

Henry: No, but I seem to feel better when they’re not around.

You have to wonder if the fully human part of Jesus didn’t feel that way at times: th...