truth and beauty

"They're so corny, the prayers. She admits it. She always says them to Jesus, and she says it's important to call Him that--not Christ or Lord or anything--because Jesus is the part of His name that embarrasses people to death when they use it alone, just Jesus. She says that underneath that embarrassment is the part of us that's revolted by Him. It's so damn queer. So you say Jesus to get that part out in the open where He can get at it." --Buechner