“If God would stop telling jokes, I might act serious.” – Tukaram (Muslim poet) “My Lord told me a joke And seeing him laugh had done more for me than any scripture I will ever read” – Meister Eckhart (Christian mystic) I think Jesus is one of the top comedians of all time. He makes you laugh hard. You are slapping your thighs, jaws unhinged with laughter until you realize the joke is on you. For Jesus’ comedy has a sharp edge to it: It exposes your contradictions, and comedy’s oxygen for laughter is the exposing of contradictions. You can choose to laugh at yourself, which is the beginning of transformation because people who take themselves seriously fear change. People who can laugh at themselves have taken the first step towards change. Comedy is also a great way to get past defensiveness. Laughing relaxes your body, and relaxed body is a relaxed mind. It is Trojan Horse of sort, except that what it wants to sneak past the impenetrable wall of defensiveness … [Read more...]

After hearing Jezebel expound on her state policy of murdering protesters of her injustices, Elijah sat down under a solitary broom tree and prayed that he might die. “I have had enough, Lord,” he said. “Take my life, for I am no better than my ancestors who have already died.”  — 1 Kings 19:4 I have had enough! Enough of Bullets sprayed on Black bodies and Jewish bodies and any-body deemed a no-body Enough of Hatred spewed from pulpits and pundits Lies promulgated by preachers and presidents Enough of the Apotheosis of White America IT    IS    ENOUGH Enough of this world where you can get gunned down while shopping, this world where you can get gunned down while worshipping, this world where doors of synagogues and churches and mosques must be locked to keep out machines of death and their mad wielders I am no better than my ancestors So    Let     Me    Be, with my lynched fathers, shot-dead grandmothers, chest-torn mothers covered with blood soaked prayer … [Read more...]