Mel Gibson’s movie _The Pas­sion of Christ_ is a chal­lenge for many mod­ern Quak­ers. Most of the rich metaphors of co-mingled joy and suf­fer­ing of the early Friends have been dumbed-down to feel-good cliches. Can the debate on this movie help us return to that uncom­fort­able place where we can acknowl­edge the com­plex­i­ties of being fer­vently reli­gious in a world haunted by past sins and still in need of con­vic­tion and comfort?

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