harbarger theory: sometimes funny stuff is seriousWhen I was in seminary at Drew University Theological School in Madison New Jersey, I had (and still have, thanks to Facebook!) a good friend, Dave Jones. Dave was (and I suspect still is!) kind of unique fellow. Odd humor. Odd perspectives. Well, just odd. But a good friend.
On this day of the year, Holy Saturday ... the day between Good Friday and Easter when the church stops moving so fast (except for the saints prepping for Easter morning!). This is the day of Jesus' entombment.
Dave used to greet everybody on Holy Saturday (actually he would start sometime on Friday evening) with "Well, ... He's dead!"
Holy moley!!! That took me aback for the first couple times he said it. But, it stuck with me. He is dead. Jesus ... was ... dead!!
You know, as much as we would like to jump straight from Palm Sunday to Easter, we might acquiesce to jumping from Maundy Thursday to Easter or maybe even from Good Friday to Easter. But, it takes fortitude to trudge through Holy Saturday, doesn't it? After all, he's dead.
On Friday, he died, all day Saturday (the Jewish Sabbath), he's dead and on the third day (Sunday, the first day of the Jewish week), he's alive!!! But, let's stop here. Today ... he's dead.
Yea, Dave was funny. Dave is still funny. But, this time, Dave's humor was pretty serious. Because, ya know what? He's dead.
harbarger theory: sometimes funny stuff is serious
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So....could it be called "happy zombie Jesus day?"
that's funny!!
actually, i found a t-shirt with a zombie jesus that i ALMOST used as my pic.
but ... no.
we need to give Jesus ALL of us, not just our brains ... and not as food, either.
yuck! = )
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