Born a Crime

“Eh, I’m not sure that’s how it
works.”
My mom and I had different
ideas about how Jesus worked. She
believed that you pray to Jesus and
then Jesus pitches up and does the
thing that you need. My views on
Jesus were more reality-based.
“Why don’t I take medicine,” I
said, “and then pray to Jesus to
thank him for giving us the doctors
who invented medicine, because
medicine is what makes you feel
better, not Jesus.”
“You don’t need medicine if you
have Jesus. Jesus will heal you.
Pray to Jesus.”
“But is medicine not a blessing
from Jesus? And if Jesus gives us
medicine and we do not take the