"ENJOY THE SHOW"

 

To each her/his own. Entertainment church is not for me.

From nakedpastor.

OH MY!

 

Ha ha ha.  I love the cartoon.

SO JESUS AND THE EASTER BUNNY WALK INTO A BAR

 

From nakedpastor.

SPRING IS HERE

 

Just joking, of course, 

From someecards.

FOR THE UNBELIEVING

WEDNESDAY EVE

 

A distraction from pope news.

MONDAY EVE

Poor baby must have been scared to death.

IT'S TUESDAY

 

I remember those weeks when I was working outside my home.

THE POPE EMERITUS AT THE CASTLE

Pat Oliphant's latest cartoon on the pope in retirement.  Do click the link.  You won't be sorry.

PARENT-TEACHER INTERVIEW - NAKEDPASTOR

 

Clever and very funny cartoon from nakedpastor, who says:

He was just a kid. Finding his way. Trying to grow up.

Like us.

At the same time, the cartoon is poignant and deeply theological...at least to me.

DON'T TELL

 

From someecards.

TEACHING SCIENCE IN SCHOOL

 

It's only fair...

GILES FRASER - FAREWELL TO CHURCH TIMES

I HAVE written this column for nine years. It is time for me to hang up my hat. It has been a huge privilege to write in these pages, and I want publicly to thank the work of the editorial team, who have been so supportive of my column.

Partly, this decision has to do with the arrival of a new Archbishop. Justin Welby is a good man, and will, I expect, make a fine leader of the Church. But his moral opposition to homosexuality remains a massive problem for me - as was that of his predecessor. I do not want to spend my time getting angry with him, or continually being ashamed at the Church of which I am, and will always try to remain, a part.

But the C of E is travelling in a different direction now. And there is something spiritually deadening about being in a state of permanent opposition to all of this. In my sermon on Sunday, I preached about the loyalty of Simeon and Anna, arguing that it is more important to say what you are for than what you are against. I need to take my own advice, and find a different space where I feel more comfortable saying what I am for.

I expect we'll continue to hear from Giles in other forums, and for that I'm grateful.  The words in the column that struck me are:

"In my sermon on Sunday, I preached about the loyalty of Simeon and Anna, arguing that it is more important to say what you are for than what you are against.  I need to take my own advice, and find a different space where I feel more comfortable saying what I am for."  

As I think about what I write here on my blog, it seems to me that I write or link to more stories about what I am against than what I'm for, and, like Giles, I don't see  it's a particularly good thing.  What would I write about that I am for, that is positive?  I'm thinking...

In the meantime, I could not resist publishing once again the wonderful cartoon by Susan Russell, which is surely worthy of more than one use.

 

Click on the cartoon for the larger view.

LITTLE BO-PEEP HAS LOST HER SHEEP

 

FOR THOSE WHO LOVE BORDER COLLIES

 

How are border collies like bishops?

JESUS TRAPPED NIGHTMARE

 

By nakedpastor.

"THE SON COMES OUT TO HIS MOM"

I like men, too, so everybody's happy?  It ain't necessarily so.

From nakedpastor.

JESUS NIGHTMARE

Brilliant cartoon from nakedpastor.

GET THIS STRAIGHT

 

Click on the cartoon for the larger view.

H/T to Echidne of the Snakes.

GOD AND FOX NEWS - NAKEDPASTOR

 

Excellent cartoon. Be sure to click on the link below to see the variety of comments at David's blog.

From nakedpastor.