The Wandering Heretic

Hospice is a surreal place to be. That observation is not in any way meant to demean or depreciate the efforts and care given in such a facility.  In fact, the gentle and respectful handling my father is receiving is worthy of nothing but praise.  My parents are even requesting that all funds that would [...]

We have not had much success with Mothers' Day in my family.  Before we were married, my future father-in-law found his own mother dead on her floor on Mothers' Day.  He now cannot encounter the day without some sadness. This year, my side of the family had its own pain that will be forever associated [...]

In our crisis of the week (to be forgotten in a month), Chris Daughtry was voted off American Idol.  For those not in the know (God bless you all), Chris was the all out favorite to win the cultural competition this year; with the vote-out this week, he did not even make the final three. [...]

My father is now at the stage in his cancer where he no longer can make good decisions.  As an act of prudence, my mother decided to cancel his credit card with National City Bank.  Though she could just cut up the card and not use it, my mother is concerned about identity theft, so [...]

  Dedicated to my father on his 75th birthday Click on the "joshuas-people" tag on the sidebar under Galleries to see all of the cartoons published this far. Also, click on the "Joshua's People" tag on the sidebar to read about the background of the strip. A link to the gallery is included on that [...]

I have discussed the resistance of our current calendar system to the revolution brought about by Christ.  This reactionary response of our measurement of time to the changes wrought by the Gospel has remained in when the year is started and how the months are named.  It is also reflected in the way the days [...]

As I noted in my last post, the calendar has been one of the most stubborn reactionary hold outs to the Revolution that was started with the Resurrection of Christ.  Now the calendar has been around awhile, although in its present form not as long as people may think.  For example, Great Britain did not [...]

There are many things, in fact most things, on which the liberal wing and the conservative branch of Christianity disagree.  Yet there is one fact that the SBC and the Jesus Seminar both agree upon with nary a dissenting voice: Jesus' movement was a revolutionary force within occupied Jerusalem.  In The Search for Paul, even [...]

Sarah Dylan Breuer's lectionary blog (SarahLaughed.net) really hit home for me today.  This particular post was dealing with the Common Lectionary Reading for the Forth Sunday of Easter, Year B.  (That's part of the Book of Common Prayer liturgical year Scripture Reading schedule for the Episcopal Church and others, just in case you are a [...]

  Dedicated with thanks to Andrew M. Greeley I was having fun with some names that are notable locally as well as nationally. Much of the cartoon was inspired by the (non-fiction) works of Andrew M. Greeley, so you know I had to get his name in there somewhere. Click on the "joshuas-people" tag on [...]