Happy Mothers’ Day

I think he’s lived through most of these wars.

Pete Seeger turned 94 yesterday and he probably sang at his own party.

In this video he is a mere 45, singing a medley of war songs that were popular throughout American history.

There is a little humor in this, as Pete normally sings anti-war songs, but he hopes you’ll not be too literal and appreciate the irony.

Along with prayer, this could help…

This week has been a wreck with bombings, manhunts, lockdowns, factory explosions, the Senate caving to the NRA.  I have behaved myself and not posted anything, but this cartoon just landed in front of me and it goes up without delay.

It’s that time of year again

The tax deadline doesn’t line up with Good Friday this year, but …

 

But one of them, Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said to them, “You know nothing at all.  Nor do you understand that it is better for you that one man should die for the people, not that the whole nation should perish.”  — John 11:49-50

Wonder

Edward Coley Burne-Jones, Morning of the Resurrection, 1882

Grief

Oswaldo Guayasamín, La Pieta de Avignon, 20th century, Ecuador (after Quarton)

Fine art at a high cost

Salvador Dali – Crucifixion Corpus Hypercubus, 1954

Matthias Grünewald – Isenheim Altarpiece (detail), 1512-1516