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Thoughts for September 14....

Thoughts for September 14....

We have lived through the shock and horror of September 11, the gracious coming together of September 12, the “new normal” of September 13…. Where do we go from here? Let’s see what a comic lens on scripture might suggest….

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"Laughter for a Change!" A Report from This Summer's Wild Goose Festival

"Laughter for a Change!"  A Report from This Summer's Wild Goose Festival

Here's what happened when Rev. "Laughing Laura" Gentry and I did our thing for a workshop at Wild Goose 2017 (a "Christian Woodstock" of sorts held in Hot Springs NC in early July).  Soooo fun.  Theologically relevant, too!

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THE SACRED AND THE SERBIAN! (Part of an ongoing series "Scripture, Peacemaking and Humor")

THE SACRED AND THE SERBIAN!  (Part of an ongoing series "Scripture, Peacemaking and Humor")

I haven't yet discovered much on ways the Church has followed God's lead of using humor to bring down the forces of injustice and oppression.  However, there are some great examples to be found elsewhere. For example, Serbia. 

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Inderisible!

Inderisible!

Humor is emerging as a major tool for resistance and transformation in the current political maelstrom.  This isn't new.  Jesus even shows his disciples how!  

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Biblically-Bedded Bliss! (Sex and the Bible - A Comic Perspective , Pt. 5)

Biblically-Bedded Bliss!     (Sex and the Bible - A Comic Perspective , Pt. 5)

Genesis' Rachel and Leah, two of Jacob's wives, appear on a talk show, and it makes for a nice little valentine for Comic Lens readers....

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Sex and the Bible - A Comic Perspective (Pt. 1!)

Sex and the Bible - A Comic Perspective (Pt. 1!)

What DOES the Good Book say about this most controversial of subjects, and is it relevant for today?  And, more importantly (right?)...is it funny??

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