RESURRECTION: A SHORT STORY

What was this feeling?  Despite being christened in the Episcopal Church and baptized in the Baptist Church, he was not a Christian.  He no longer believed in the teachings of Christianity.  What then was this large “pectoral cross” doing on his chest, not literally a cross but mystically one?

He felt branded like a steer.  One of Christ’s own was what he now appeared to be, had always been, since at least his christening and baptism.  As though dormant for years, suddenly his Christianity was back.

An internet photo of a Christian rock/psychedelic band from the 1960’s was what brought all this on.  He used to go see them perform all the time.  In the photo, the lead singer was wearing a purple pullover, like a vestment, with a gold cross embroidered on the front of it.  There was something about this, something in his subconscious or unconscious mind that responded to it, as though he himself had once worn the same thing, only not as the member of a band.

So, he was once a Christian.  Fine.  But he was not now, he insisted.  Yet whether he was a believer or not didn't seem to matter.  There was still this considerable cross on his chest.