Can you spot Jesus in this cartoon? (I couldn’t but follow the link to Dan Piraro’s page and he will explain all.)
PJ sent this along via email. A very humorous article providing neologisms for the church world. A few examples. There’s a word for it by Rodney Clapp A neologism takes hold in our vocabulary when it crisply encapsulates an activity, event or category that people intuitively understand but which has […]
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Johnny Hart, the late cartoonist who created B.C. is no longer with us to provide his annual controversial Easter strip, but others still mark the seasons with their single-paneled commentary. Daryl Cagle’s Political Cartoon page at MSNBC is the best single resource for English political cartoons. They also separate and […]
A tip of the ol’ cranial cover to my former student ES. An article from Daniel Drezner of Tufts University. The four questions lead him to four “relevant lessons about politics.” 1) Minority rights in an autocratic regime are a fragile thing. 2) Sanctions against an autocratic regime will rarely […]
As regular as the Easter season itself Prof. Vermes has an article in the British press about the resurrection.There is nothing new in the Times piece, but his conclusion is markedly encompassing. Neither positive nor negative reasoning leads anywhere because the Resurrection of Jesus cannot be compared with events belonging […]
From Comics I Don’t Understand, worth quoting in full. Nicole: I only wish the angel had said “Oh snap”, and the god in the bonus panel had used the phrase “youthful indiscretions”
If history is any guide, I will be posting a few Easter-themed cartoons over this week. Let’s start with this one about…what? Is it a commentary on the Gospel of Judas hoopla of a few years ago? Is it a “Jesus Christ Superstar” kind of paradigm shift to help us […]