As various cars, clown or otherwise, continue to fill with presidential candidates promising to save the country, restore morality and best align with the Divine Will, the prophet Samuel delivers a "stump speech" of a much different sort.
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Ascen-shenanigans!
The Rev. "Laughing Laura" Gentry and I assembled Ascension Day worship last Sunday.... 'nuff said!
Read MoreThe Lord is My Garbage Collector...
Be careful about waxing romantic about shepherds. You might miss the point of the 23rd Psalm.
Read MoreA Clockwork Gomorrah
Darkly funny dystopian satire is not limited to secular novellas and films, and for any number of reasons that's a very good thing.
Read MoreSex 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??
Read MoreFor God So 'Ugh'd' the World....
Did Jesus want us to find comedy in his crucifixion?
Read MoreWhy Abraham Belongs on a "Munsters" Episode
No matter how you slice it, God’s promise to Abraham of abundant descendants is Herman Munster-sized and even then some.
Read MoreMad God 20/20
No matter how much we may romanticize it's beauty and mystery, the rainbow is really God's "time-out-corner." The equivalent of flat white plaster perhaps accented by a bit of plywood molding along the middle. Maybe sporting a heavenly dust bunny or cobweb or two.
Read MoreOn Ferguson, Job, and Fractured Fairy Tales
The "social justice caroling" of this holiday season elucidates many things, including the comedy of Job.
Read MoreWhen God "Called" Me (Call Waiting Pt. 2)
When God calls us with a mission, it may not be very pretty. But it can, in hindsight, be pretty funny!
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