Tag: Good Friday
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Gays, not Straits, of Hormuz (RR)
by Pastor Dunkin, ©2026 (Apr. 5, 2026) — “I followed in the footsteps of Our Savior, cherishing every stride. I was approached by a burka-clad person who said, ‘I speak English.’ I replied, ‘Then have you ever heard of the GOLDEN RULE?’ ‘What rule?’ the burka asked. The ‘Do unto others as you would have done upon yourself’…
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Why Holy Week
by ProfDave, ©2022 (Apr. 15, 2022) — As a toddler, my mother taught me to pray, “Now I lay me down to sleep. I pray thee, Lord, my soul to keep. If I should die before I wake …” And they wondered why I wouldn’t go to sleep. Fast forward seventy years (2018) to my…
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Good Friday Coronavirus Briefing: Gratitude for Medical, Government, Grocery Employees
AND AVERAGE AMERICANS’ EFFORTS by Sharon Rondeau (Apr. 10, 2020) — Friday’s White House Coronavirus Task Force briefing occurred earlier than usual, beginning at approximately 1:30 p.m. EDT. President Trump reported that the U.S. and Mexico have agreed on mutual actions to reduce the “glut of oil” now on the market. “In the midst of…
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Live on Friday Afternoon: Pope Commemorates Stations of the Cross
FROM THE COLOSSEUM IN ROME by Sharon Rondeau (Mar. 30, 2018) — To commemorate Good Friday, the day on which Scripture says that Jesus of Nazareth was crucified to absolve the world of its sins, past, present and future, Pope Francis is presiding over an enactment of the “Stations of the Cross” from the Roman…
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Obama Celebrates Passover After Thwarting Israel in Iran Negotiations
DOES A “BETTER DAY LIE AHEAD,” OR A WORLD WAR? by Sharon Rondeau (Apr. 3, 2015) — The White House issued a statement on Friday indicating that Obama will hold his seventh Seder supper in observance of the Jewish holiday of Passover. Passover began when the Israelites were freed from slavery in Egypt, traversing the…
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An Objective Review of Last Week’s Operation to Round Up Bundy’s Cattle and Sell Them
“JUST FOLLOWING ORDERS” April 14, 2014 Dear Editor: The following letter was sent to the Bureau of Land Management (nvsoweb@blm.gov), Florida Senator Bill Nelson (Bill@billnelson.senate.gov), and Glenn Beck (news@email.glennbeck.com): Dear Bureau of Land Management: An objective review of your cattle-gathering operation of recent history shows that you apparently didn’t even know what you were doing–…
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Reflections on Good Friday
“THERE IS MORE WORK TO DO” by Sharon Rondeau (Mar. 29, 2013) — In an undated video produced by the Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN), Dr. Mary Neal, an orthopedic surgeon, describes the separation of her spirit from her physical body she experienced during a 1999 drowning accident after her kayak cascaded over a treacherous waterfall…
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Christian and Jewish Holy Days Coincide Today
WHAT DO MOSES AND JESUS HAVE IN COMMON? by Sharon Rondeau (Apr. 6, 2012) — The Jewish holiday of Passover begins tonight at sundown to celebrate the freeing of the Israelites from Egypt as depicted in the book of Exodus in the Old Testament. This year, Passover and Good Friday fall on the same day. …