Mixed messaging

Iwalk by this banner every morning and still haven’t figured out exactly what it is supposed to represent. At first glance, it’s Viggo Mortensen emerging from the shower, sporting a bird hat and a Golgotha tattoo on his right pectoral.

It’s unclear if that’s his hand pulling back the shower curtain, or someone else’s. The thorny hat band suggests that this is supposed to be Jesus, but why would the Prince of Peace opt for a USA-themed shower curtain and why would he appear so downcast? Was the shower curtain left to dangle outside the rim of the tub, thus drenching the bathroom floor? Hard to say. I guess the motto makes sense, in a generic sort of way, but you have to wonder: Faith in who? Fear of what? 

I’m being facetious, of course. We all have a pretty good idea of the message. And it probably doesn’t have much to do with Jesus.