comedy of the Bible

Labor Party!

Labor Party!

May 1 is certainly an appropriate time to lift up a biblical account that is all about procreation, fertility, labor and…labor.  Some thoughts on the story, and comedy, of "The Hebrew Midwives", at Exodus 1:8-22.

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The "c" Word

The "c" Word

There were all sorts of places -- histories, journals, letters, war chronicles, poetry -- where Rome could have mentioned the subject of crucifixion, yet just about everywhere she remained strangely silent.  Except in her comedy.

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