Or it's like I've happened upon the scene of a passenger train wreck, and I'm stepping into the role of the Good Samaritan. I don't know how effective I will be, but I'm trying to help move survivors back to safety.
As for John Corapi himself, it appears more and more to me that he has done as Shakespeare's lines in Hamlet state: hoisted himself on his own petard. Perhaps he feels, though, that he is Hamlet reciting these lines,
There's letters seal'd: and my two schoolfellows,
Whom I will trust as I will adders fang'd,
They bear the mandate; they must sweep my way
And marshal me to knavery. Let it work;
For 'tis the sport to have the enginer
Hoist with his own petard; and 't shall go hard
But I will delve one yard below their mines
And blow them at the moon: O, 'tis most sweet,
When in one line two crafts directly meet.
--Hamlet Act 3, scene 4, 202–209
No matter. His orders from his superior are clear and he is in direct violation of them. Obviously the best thing to do would be for him to obey, return to base, and stand the ecclesiastical version of a court-martial. But that isn't happening, as Deacon Greg's latest synopsis clearly shows.
Leaving the errant messenger, then, I give you Johnny Cash. Johnny knows addiction, pain, and hurt. So Johnny, the muse, can help assuage your wounds now. These songs may help as he points you toward the Redeemer, Jesus Christ, who also felt the betrayal that you feel now. The Lamb of God took that burden all the way to hell and back.
Sing it Johnny,
Ring of Fire.
I See A Darkness.
Hurt.
Why Me Lord?
Dom Lou Tseng-Tsiang once wrote this about the faith,
In every period of transition the two opposing currents are very violent. To escape from them, one must be prepared to be judged unfavorably by both. So one must learn to be alone. The Christian life, for its part, does not escape this rule. Our Lord Jesus Christ is so often all alone on His Cross.
Solitary Man.
And by reader request (thanks!),
Redemption Song.
Redemption Day.
Haul yourself into the lifeboat and head back to the barque of St. Peter.
