Never Broken, Never with Zack Collie

Life just isn’t fair. There is not a parent alive, probably in
any culture, who doesn’t have burned into their memory the way
their child expressed this sentiment. It’s not fair. It’s just
not fair. Most likely that scream or whine or tearful plea comes
at the behest of oneself relative to another who has been more
favorably treated, rewarded, or blessed.


My earliest memory of this came when my older sister seemed
regularly slighted as I was the one who got attention or praise
seemingly at her expense. As I grew older, I became aware that
others seemed to have nicer parents, fancier toys, and hospitable
homes. It didn’t seem fair.


With maturity came a development of the same concept into right
and wrong. What wasn’t fair now became downright wrong. That’s
just wrong. This ethical conclusion takes away any doubt or
relevance of corroborating details. It’s just wrong and brings
with it a visceral gut-wrenching gnostic determination.


Depending on the event, result, people involved (particularly if
it is me) another stage occurs in which fairness and wrongness
seem inadequate as standards. Now we get to evil. This is no
longer the polite “bad things happen to good people” scenario.
This is when the heavens and earth shake in our life and our
foundations tremble.


As with most feelings and issues of significant import it doesn’t
take long until they get bumped up to the higher court, even the
Supreme Court, but in this case, it is the heavenly court. The
court above all courts over which resides the Judge over all
Judges. Now he must answer us. We’ve cycled it in our brains ad
nauseam. How could even God in heaven give an explanation as to
such a thing happening if He makes any claim to goodness?


If you have never had such a struggle, I am glad for you, but for
many, such an occasion meant the end of Church in their life, and
correspondingly also their belief in God. It may not need to end
that way. Today we meet a young man well-qualified to speak about
difficult subjects. He has youtube videos that will make you
squirm, about issues you didn’t even know existed. He happened to
come into my life in a time I couldn’t see through the haze.
Let’s jump into his story. Welcome to Church Hurts And Zack
Collie. 


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