Exodus
God's call to Moses through "The Burning Bush" is usually presented as very awesome. Very grand. Very seeerious. But what if it's actually a comedy?
Read MoreIn the Bible, it's always the "least likely" who surprisingly shine. And that's who saves the day for the Exodus!
Read MoreLet's face it: anger can make fools of us all, God included.
Read MoreMore awful experiences from the Exodus, now so fun to recount!
Read MoreLike favorite stories of our own travels, the "Exodus" tells of an excursion filled with all sorts of chaos, confusion, misery, and missteps -- and that's why we can find it so funny.
Read MoreIn the true spirit of Mother’s Day, The Comic Lens lifts up perhaps the most audacious peacemaking woman and mother – the most significant peacemaker you may have never heard of -- Zipporah!
Read MoreMay 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.
Read MoreIn the Bible, great, entertaining competitions are not just between equally excellent teams.
Read MoreIt necessarily follows that if we are going to accept the Bible as comedy, we will discover, and let ourselves embrace, a "lowered" God, at least sometimes.
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