Blogging Ottinger (tim)Three Visitors
Imagine that you have three visitors come to your door. The first is from the Biography channel, where they’ve suddenly run out of celebrities and want to run stories on normal, workaday people. He’s trying to determine the overall feel and timbre of the story according to three profiles they frequently use. He needs to know whether to interview you as a hero, a tragedy, or a criminal. He’s clearly judging your life, even if there is a chance he will be sympathetic with you story. He asks which of your faults and sins you want to have exposed.
The second visitor is a life coach. He isn’t here to pass judgment but he does want to hear a list of your failings and weaknesses so that he can provide a program and hold you accountable for improvements in various areas. He’s reputable and discrete, but you know that he’s going to make you work to get better. He wants to know which of your faults and sins to start on first.
The third visitor is Jesus Christ, and he only asks what sins you would like to have forgiven.
