Jesus rolled the stone away and the bunny was in the way. Bunny loses. Jesus wins! Read more
I appreciate Derrida’s notion about a gift. He says it’s one thing to give a gift expecting something in return. That’s the lowest form of gift. A better form of a gift is when you give a gift expecting nothing in return. An even better form of a gift is when you give a gift and the recipient doesn’t even know you gave it to them. But the highest form of a gift is when the giver doesn’t even know... Read more
Again… Jesus versus the Easter Bunny. I have another cartoon I’ll show you tomorrow who reveals the winner. Eat your chocolate in peace. Read more
There’s so much concern about loving the sinner and hating the sin. That is, there is so much concern with sinners mistaking fellowship for approval. How much love does it take before it means approval? I wonder if the idea of approval would even be in the vocabulary of love. I can’t imagine saying to my wife, “I really love you, but I don’t approve of that part of who you are.” Or with a good friend. I simply can’t... Read more
Christ versus culture. Culture always wins. Or… Christ in culture. Culture still wins. As long as we draw a line between sacred and secular we will misunderstand where the battle really is. The Holy Spirit actually is Christ in human affairs, manifesting in the impulse for truth, harmony, equality and freedom. In a word… love. Read more
The Easter story declares that we live in a new reality. Everything has changed. Behold, it is a new creation. A new reality. A new way of being. It is the true fulfillment now in time of the Emanuel promise… God with us… no longer ‘up there’ high above separate in the heavens but now among us, with us, in us, through us, as us, the All in all, the through all things reconciling all to the All. As I... Read more
Of course this didn’t happen. But I thought it made for an interesting story. Plus there’s the guys playing games while something far more important is happening. It actually reminds me of a lot of the debate going on around the sexuality and gender issues. They sometimes seem like such silly word games when human freedom and equality are at stake. Read more
It’s an interesting scenario… the amicable agreement between sacred and secular, religious and pagan, Christ and culture. We could scoff at some of the syncretistic religions around the world… where voodoo blends with Catholicism, or animalism with Christianity. But what person isn’t syncretistic? Don’t we all pick and choose our favorite life apps? The truth is we continually find ways to integrate our spiritual impulses with our preferred lifestyle. We are always striking a deal with reality. But do we want... Read more
This by far has been my most popular cartoon after the LGBTQ theme, and it may actually be my most popular cartoon ever. For me, images have a powerful effect. For some people, including friends of mine, they just can’t imagine or picture some things in their minds. But if they see a picture, they can recognize it. Same with this cartoon. Some people have written to me saying they had no mental image of Jesus loving a gay person.... Read more
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