Mine did excellent. I’m not going to quote him, but it was biblical and inspiring. To take a stand like that was pretty awesome to see, especially in light of the mainlines being accused of being jell-o. But, I was impressed.
The killing of Osama bin Laden, a man who was America’s face of evil for nearly a decade, left Christians, Jews and Muslims relieved, proud or even jubilant. For their religious leaders, it was sometimes hard to know just what to say.
There is at least some dissonance between the values they preach and the triumphant response on the streets of New York and Washington to the death of a human being – even one responsible for thousands of killings in those areas and around the world.
“Justice may have been served, but we Catholics never rejoice in the death of a human being,” said the Rev. Stephen Mimnaugh.
via AP News: Bin Laden’s death a tough subject for the pulpit.
Joel L. Watts holds a Masters of Arts from United Theological Seminary with a focus in literary and rhetorical criticism of the New Testament. His interests include exploring the role of mimesis in human civilization, specifically in the study of religion and media, as well as science fiction and the way in which it has allowed mythology to be explored in light of scientific discoveries of the past century. He is the author of Mimetic Criticism of the Gospel of Mark: Introduction and Commentary (Wipf and Stock, 2013) and a co-editor and contributor to From Fear to Faith: Stories of Hitting Spiritual Walls (Energion, 2013).
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She didn’t. The mid-30s pastor in her short skirt and high soft leather boots talked about Mother’s Day.
Well, you are in the land of the hobbits!
He didn’t. He talked about the road to Emmaus.
The world isn’t talking about OBL? Or USA? Emmaus was our topic today too
Catholic-lite. You’re stealing from out lectionary
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