Lent Day 40 Here it is Easter Saturday, the day before the big mystery about Jesus rising from the dead. I looked forward to Easter when I was a kid, I’d say through junior high school. That meant our family ritual of going to the church early for a pancake…

Lent Day 39 On the “Today Show” this week, the hosts interviewed an author about her book about the five languages of apology: asking for forgiveness, being accountable, offering restitution, changing future behavior, and expressing sorrow. Being a screenwriter, I hadn’t qualified apologies like that, but those five languages are…

Lent Day 38 If we’re talking about material abundance, there’s plenty of that in the world. The main problem is the wrong people are the most abundant. Tevye, the poor Jewish milkman in “Fiddler on the Roof,” lamented that God made many poor people. …

Lent Day 37 The role of elders has changed since the advent of the internet. It used to be that the older members of a family or community were the keepers of wisdom and stories of their ancestors. …

Lent Day 36 Do we end up like we are because of predestination, or are we sculpted by the choices we make based on our free will? Growing up as a Presbyterian, I learned about being predestined. Thinking back, I was a shy kid but, at the same time, could…

Lent Day 35 I was watching irreverent comedienne Sarah Silverman on HBO last night. “Jesus didn’t get famous until we killed him,” she said, referring to the mainstream Jews’ plot to capture the guy and string him up. Back when Jesus was alive, mainstream Jewdom was still sacrificing critters as…

Lent Day 34 On the seventh day, God gave himself a well-deserved rest after giving humans dominion over our blue planet. Despite our use and abuse, the place has stood up pretty well over the millennia. Whenever I finish a project, that’s when I can take some time to rest. …

Lent Day 33 My sister and I grew apart during high school. She was more of a renegade. I was a dyed-in-the-wool conservative and didn’t cause any trouble. I was the one my friends’ parents wanted to have a conversation. When I grew older, I shed my Republican ways, became…