Religion and Family Strife

Love Must Overcome

By Dawn Story Burke

[Editor’s Note: My niece wrote this compassionate essay for our Thor’s Day column a bit over ten years ago, on April 4, 2013, and its subject matter seemed pertinent to this Easter time of our current year.]

Last week, I got to emailing with an aunt, an uncle, and a cousin about going to church on Easter. Or, more specifically, about going to church without one’s spouse.

Easter Uprising

Spread the Word

A Parable

By Moristotle

God the Father’s people thank Him for resurrection.

His Son had been assailed with “Flog him!”

“Crown him with those thorns!” “Crucify him!”

“Nail his hands and feet!” “Mortify him!”

God‘s people kneel and worship Him for Jesus’ restoration.

Trump’s proud people stand by, they demand his restoration.

They’re very special people; he needs them.

They rally and smash her office; he loves them.

They storm the Capitol. “Get heavy!” “Trash them!”

“Make America great again.” They bring the pain of insurrection.

Copyright © 2021 by Moristotle

Boldt Words & Images: Easter Seder

By Bob Boldt

I thought it might be a tradition worth starting to post an Easter Seder E-card. So here goes.
    I replaced the more secular Rabbit response with something of my own that is perhaps a little more indirect – one that fans of Barry Levinson’s 1990 film, Avalon, might reference.

Movie Review: He Who Must Die

A Greek Passion for Easter

By Bob Boldt

I hope this thumbnail review will pique your interest in a nearly forgotten film by one of the great directors of the 20th Century.
    If Christ, like Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., were to return to earth, it is of little doubt that it would be necessary to kill him again. I am convinced that our own beloved leaders would be the ones to drive the first nail.