I was drawn right away to this phrase from Jeremiah 31: All, from least to greatest, shall know me, says the LORD, for I will forgive their evildoing and remember their sin no more. The words from Jeremiah offer a powerful summation of how the dashing of power structures and…

1. When my three children were toddlers they used to ask how much I loved them. I used this question to introduce infinity and the idea that infinity plus or minus more was more infinity. Now adults, they like to tease me. …

Reproduces “Jesus and Nicodemus,” a painting by Henry Ossawa Tanner 1 The reading from the Gospel of John starts with what looks like an analogy — but it’s not a straight shot. Jesus said to Nicodemus: “Just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the desert, so must the Son of…

Freedom Flashing Moses and the Burning Bush, with Moses Removing His Shoes, c. 1465–1470 Attributed to Dierick Bouts the Elder, Netherlandish (active Louvain), c. 1415–1475 Bruce Springsteen, Sting, Tracy Chapman, Peter Gabriel & Youssou N´Dour — Chimes Of Freedom I’m thinking of the flashing fire in the bush that does not consume…

Jesus Cleanses the Temple/ Masters of War 1 My earliest memories of Saint Patrick’s Cathedral influenced how I began to look at the institutional Catholic Church into which I was born and baptized. I was born in Manhattan, lived uptown for most of the first twenty years of my life, but it was in midtown around Rockefeller…

“Man Gave Names to All the Animals” Reproduction of ““Jésus assisté par les anges,” James Tissot * Johnny Cash’s cover of “Man Gave Names to All the Animals” is one of my favorites. Even critics who liked “Slow Train Coming” dragged Bob Dylan’s “Man Gave Names to All the Animals,” arguing that it was facile — almost…

Jesus Refuses to Throw It All Away “I once held her in my arms She said she would always stay But I was cruel I treated her like a fool I threw it all away Once I had mountains in the palm of my hand And rivers that ran through every day I must have been mad I never knew…

(Ye Christian Bigots Walkin’ Round With Your Heads Bowed Down !) From Mar 13, 2022 “Transfiguration” (Raphael) Gospel — Second Sunday of Lent (USSCB) Jesus took Peter, John, and James and went up the mountain to pray. While he was praying his face changed in appearance and his clothing became dazzling white. And behold, two men were conversing with him, Moses and Elijah, who appeared in glory and…

(Something’s Happening Here But You Don’t Know What It Is) From 2021 The Sacrifice of Isaac, Caravaggio 1. I landed on two songs this week while listening to Dylan. …