Easter - without concentrating on the violence

I think we've been sidetracked around Easter. I reckon that Mel Gibson's movie was an exaggerated form, but just made the sidetracking clear. I wonder if we can celebrate Easter without indulging in voyeuristic violence.

Without concentrating on how gory the death was, how much blood was spilt, how incredibly painful it was. Coz sitting behind it all seems to be the idea that God shows us how much the love is by us realising how great the pain and how much blood there was. That God's love would have been less if Jesus had been shot and died instantly, or had the tower of Siloam fall on him. Doesn't sound much of a God does it?

How about an Easter that still deals with the reality of death, and doesnt ignore it, but doesnt focus on the blood itself? An Easter that concentrates on it only making sense with reference to the life that came before, as much as the life that came after. It might be an Easter that uses songs like "I grieve" by Peter Gabriel, "Lonely Day" by System of the Down, "Comrade Jesus Christ" by Kev Carmody", "How to Save a life" by The Fray.

It might be an Easter that concentrates on the emotions and the wonderings around of the various people involved.

It might be an Easter that concentrates on the love of God in a whole pile of settings, rather than just those that deal with "forgiveness".

I wonder what that Easter might look like in images as well?

I think I might be about to find out.