When I was a kid I used to think the Easter parade was an actual parade like the ones on Thanksgiving and the Fourth of July. I even imagined a marching band with epaulettes, plumed shakos, and sousaphones. Imagine my … Continue reading My Easter Parade, Corona Style
I spent the past week in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. This is the French-speaking, western part of Africa. On the flight back to New York, I sat next to a young family of four from Kuwait. They spoke little English, so … Continue reading World Airways, Resurrected
Our Lady of Mount Carmel performs a live via crucis, or stations of the cross, through the streets around Arthur Avenue in the Bronx every Good Friday. This year, I decided to go. Some nasty things have occurred in the neighborhood … Continue reading “It’s a Religious Thing”
It is Easter Sunday, and I’d like to share my personal interpretation of the Paschal Mystery, which refers to the dying, death, and resurrection of Jesus. Some theologians call this the “Jesus event,” as if it were a three-day shoe … Continue reading “All The Others”
“One morning, after many dark nights of despair, an irrepressible longing to live will announce to us the fact that all is finished and that suffering has no more meaning than happiness,” Albert Camus, The Rebel The photo below was … Continue reading “Are You a Christian?”
