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This content was posted July 21, 2014. … Annabelle is a song by Gillian Welch and David Rawlings. It is quite lovely. Annabelle is the daughter, and the one bright spot in a hard life. This life of toil lasts until we are “gone to Jesus.”
I have had a tough time with Jesus. Rudeness, disrespect, verbal abuse, and humiliation have been landmarks on the journey. When you don’t agree with the plan for life after death, you wonder if the bad parts of Jesus are worth it. To me, the negatives overwhelmingly outweigh the positives. Just hearing a passing reference to Jesus can set me to brooding.
One day, I was driving past the oil tanks in Doraville, and heard “Annabelle.” The sadness that Jesus causes became overwhelming. Is it always going to be like this? When people talk/sing/act out for Jesus, is it always going to remind me of the pain? The Jesus worshipers have so much fun with their noise, that they scarcely notice the discomfort of others. They usually don’t care.
I see Jesus in the words and deeds of his believers. It has been a horrible experience. When you decide that Jesus was killed for being a trouble maker, and his death has nothing to do with what happens to you when you die … it takes away the one justification for all the abuse. Pictures today are from The Library of Congress. John Vachon took the social media picture in November 1937. “Man on the street, Washington, D.C.” ©Luther Mckinnon 2026 · selah