Mac Miller

It's amazing to me how we stumble across things that reflect the image of Jesus in day-to-day life. I find it funny that culture has a fascination with a man so many people are convinced never existed, or at least was not the son of God. Artist Mac Miller, now deceased, spoke of Jesus in many different lights, few of them flattering, The sad and simple truth is that for many who have been hurt in their lives, the idea of a perfect Saviour can be hard to digest. Mac's depiction of Jesus would have Him as a haunted man, imperfect and haunted by His own demons. It casts Jesus simultaneously in the light of the everyman and the light of the unholiness that I suspect Mac himself feels. Sadly, though Mac is no longer living, I wish that a conversation could happen where the truth of Christ was explained and unpacked for him in a way that he would be able to reconcile with. My hope is that room exists for a bridge to be built for anyone in culture wondering if Mac was onto something with his depiction of Christ, so that conversation can happen, and we might be able to explain how Christ is not only not the man Mac described Him as, but in fact, the man Mac needed Him to be, though he didn't know it.