Note: On Saturdays, you can find me at Your Daily Tripod, owned by my friend TonyD. A longer version of the post below appears there. It doesn’t seem quite right, does it? Yesterday, we celebrated the baby Jesus, come to redeem us all. Then today, wham! Today’s lectionary readings remind us that being a Christian isn’t… Continue reading Saint Stephen and Speaking Truth
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Martyrdom
Note: On Tuesdays and some Sundays, you can find me at Your Daily Tripod, owned by my friend TonyD. A longer version of the post below appears there. Martyr. Etymologists will tell you the original Greek, martus, means testifying to a fact about which the testifier has personal knowledge, in short, a witness. And indeed, a… Continue reading Martyrdom
Of Stoning
Note: On Tuesdays and some Sundays, you can find me at Your Daily Tripod, owned by my friend TonyD. A longer version of the post below appears there. It’s not a quick death, stoning. It takes about a half hour, and you get bruised and battered and bloodied. Probably, you pray for one of the first… Continue reading Of Stoning
Commending the Spirit… and Our Future
Note: On Tuesdays, you can find me at Your Daily Tripod, owned by my friend TonyD. A longer version of the post below appears there. Recently, I spent time with someone I consider a special friend, though we don’t see each other as often as we’d like. I remarked that it had been almost ten years… Continue reading Commending the Spirit… and Our Future