Thoughts on baptism (and wacky London donuts) through the comic lens!
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Christmas
My Christmas Story
in Celebration, Christmas, Grace, St. Paul
As this is the first Christmas since my dad died, I especially cherish a particularly poignant memory of him and a Christmas past. To be exact, the one when I was 15.
Read MoreAnd This Shall Be a Sign Unto You....
So many of the signs from the Women's Marches of January 21 were clever, funny and sharply-messaged. Can they help us see the humor in the signs of the Bible, especially the one that ends up being Jesus?
Read MoreSilent Light
Here's one way both St. Thomas Aquinas and Monty Python's "Spam" song can find their way into a Christmas Eve sermon. Offered by request.
Read MoreThe Game of the Name!
Is it possible to have fun - a lot of fun - with that long list of often unpronounceable names at the beginning of Matthew's gospel that comprise Jesus' genealogy?
Read MoreLocust Bits
They're one of the few specifically-mentioned foods in our "Christmas scriptures." Wouldn't it be great fun - and more - to include at your next Holiday Open House?
Read More"Joy to the World, The End has Come!"
in Apocalypse, Advent, Christmas, Fun, Holidays, Jesus, Matthew, The Revelation
Apocalyptic Christmas Carols are but one fun and festive way to get your Advent Season off to a theologically correct start! Here's more!
Read MoreGood Tidings of Great Jell-o!
in Celebration, Christmas, comedy of the Bible, Food, God, Irony, Jesus, Joy, Kingdom of God, Luke
Why I finally understand the unrestrainable excitement of the shepherds that first Christmas Eve.
Read More"Sprockets" Advent!
Elizabeth's leaping womb and Mary's words of joy are especially enhanced when SNL's Sprockets (or a Sprockets-inspired group of seminarians) provide the interp!
Read MoreThe Wheatest Link!
What happened to me one crazy day when I gave away everything.
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