The tomb of Jesus must be made secure by Roman soldiers because empires are always obsessed with security—it’s the one thing that is truly sacred. In my travels around the world I’ve visited many holy sites where I was required to remove my shoes—Hindu temples, Buddhist temples, Moslem mosques, and even some Christian churches in India. But the only place I’m required to remove my shoes in America is at airport security—in our secular age, security may be the only thing America holds sacred.
