The Dark Center

“For one thing, our preachers tell us the wrong story entirely, saying not a word about the dark side — no, that’s too weak — about the dark center of the Gospel. They can’t bring themselves to come within a country mile of the horrendous truth that we are saved in our deaths, not by our efforts to lead a good life. Instead, they mouth the canned recipes for successful living they think their congregations want to hear” (Robert Farrar Capon, The Foolishness of Preaching, p. 8).