Or not. The subject is a search that brought someone to Targuman and I hope they read my post Explaining Lent. As with anything else that we do, prayer, communion, charity, the attitude that we take into the endeavor makes all the difference in the world. Who shall ascend to the hill […]
Easter
Given that we are in the last days of Lent and almost to Good Friday, this is perhaps providential. My automatic Google notification for “Aramaic” brought up a curious article from Psychology Today, “It’s in the Bible…Isn’t It?” This is not a publication I read so I am unfamiliar with Stephen […]
This is my sermon for this Easter morning. Easter Sunday, Year B Acts 10:34-43 Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24 1 Corinthians 15:1-11 Mark 16:1-8 We shall fear no longer sin, death, or the stock market. Alleluia Christ is risen! He is risen indeed! Alleluia! This morning is a time to rejoice, a […]
Happy Easter to all. I have not finished this year’s sermon, but someone just commented on last year’s. Perhaps others would like to read it again as well. Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us!
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]