April 2012 archive
20 things Jesus never said
Observations on the life of faith from a candidate for the Office of Teaching Elder in the Presbyterian Church (USA), April 4, 2012
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- Do you see that water over there? I’m about to turn
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Was gesagt werden muss
Das Gedicht von Günter Grass, 04.04.2012, 12:03
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Warum schweige ich, verschweige zu lange,
was offensichtlich ist und in Planspielen
geübt wurde, an deren Ende als Überlebende
wir allenfalls Fußnoten sind.
Es ist das behauptete Recht…
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We have not survived Pharaoh
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Yossi Sarid, 02:16 06.04.12
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From Passover 1968 to Passover 2012 not much has changed. It feels, in fact, like 44 years have not gone by since we celebrated the first festival of…
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An illustrated account of the 1949 coup—possibly CIA-assisted—that plunged the country into decades of political turmoil.
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Easter Before the Bunny
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Garry Wills, 04/ 3/2012 10:46 am
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Before the Easter Bunny nibbled its way onto sacred turf, Easter was a very serious business. In early Christian communities — in fourth century Milan, for instance…
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A prayer for America
By Monsieur d’Nalgar
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I supposed it is heresy to ask, but why do we (the people) treat our Constitution as a sacred relic? You’d think it was holier than George Washington’s ossified kneebone. Or written…
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Permanent link to this article: https://levantium.com/2012/04/02/time-to-move-along-now/
Palm Sunday lessons from an unlikely Pontius Pilate
By James Martin S.J., 10:16 PM ET, 03/31/2012
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The story of the trial, crucifixion and death of Jesus of Nazareth, which is recited, sung and often acted out in churches on…
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