Holy ground

Unfolding Light · Aug 26, 2026 · 1m

In the curling incense smoke of his accentthe guide says never mind all the other sites(and there is competition from many sites, in many accents),this is Jesus’ real Tomb, the actual one, the holiest place in Jerusalem.But of course how can we know? It was 2000 years ago,and this isn’t very holy, encrusted with lamps and sconcesthat are trying too hard, and enough silver and goldto be nothing like where they would lay him,bejeweled with cheapness, with tourists, our tittering selfies,our marketplace of beliefs and smug attempts at wonder.Hardly a holy place, I’d say. A…