Filed under: Reflections
Welcome to the second part of my reflections on God and…politics. I spent most of the first part on background, so let’s get right to it.
Filed under: Reflections | Tags: Christian nation, faith and politics, first amendment, god & politics, god and politics, God in America, politics, religion, religious right, separation of church & state, separation of church and state
If you’re like me, you shudder when you see those words put together like that. I’ll go ahead and tell you right off of the bat that I don’t approve of mixing them. You may disagree. Hopefully, if that’s the case, I can persuade you (whatever your political beliefs) to agree with me that they should be kept as far apart as possible. Now, this letter will focus mainly on American politics because I’m not familiar enough with any others to really have anything to say about them (other than that it’s a safe bet that God shouldn’t be in them). Also, it has been my observation that of all industrialized so-called “Western” countries, religion plays the biggest role in American politics. If you’re reading this in another country, I encourage you to continue anyways, as I believe that what I have to say is very general. There is a lot to be said, so this will be yet another multi-letter series. (more…)
Filed under: Homilies, Reflections | Tags: angels, Easter, gospel according to mark, gospel of mark, Mary Magdalene, resurrection
- Image by Lawrence OP via Flickr
I hope you had a wonderful Easter! It’s been a long journey, but hopefully there were Peeps at the end. More importantly, Jesus has risen!
Filed under: Reflections | Tags: Christ's Passion, Easter, Easter Vigil, Good Friday, Holy Saturday, Holy Thursday, Holy Week, Last Supper, Maundy Thursday, resurrection, Triduum
Tomorrow marks the beginning of the three most sacred days for Christians, also known as the Triduum. The Triduum begins with Holy Thursday (tomorrow), which is also known as Maundy Thursday in some Christian denominations. In this letter, I will try to explain the concept of the Triduum, assuming you’re not already familiar with it.
Filed under: Reflections | Tags: antichrist, cage wrestling, hand-to-hand combat, jesus vs. satan, puppies, satan, undead, zombies
I have previously spoken about the apocalypse and the Book of Revelations, but I wanted to spend a letter discussing one of the more nuanced prophesies of John: the end-of-time, no-holds-barred, all-out cage match between Jesus and Satan.
