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2020-04-11T20:37:28-04:00

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What Easter Means to Me

Last updated on: April 11, 2020 at 8:37 pm By Avellina Balestri

My childhood memories of Holy Week, when Christians the world over commemorate the Passion, Death, and Resurrection of Jesus Christ, are a kaleidoscope of images and impressions, turning from lighter colors to deepening hues. I dyed eggs and watched Peter Cottontail. I savored marshmallow peeps and beamed over My Little Pony toys in my Easter basket. I basked in the lengthening days, the freshness of the spring air in the house, and the way the sun warmed the earth after... Read more

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2020-10-22T06:16:39-04:00

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Christ in a Waiting Room

Last updated on: October 22, 2020 at 6:16 am By Avellina Balestri

Christ comes to us in strange ways, in blessedly strange ways. I remember a day in spring last year, somewhere between St. Valentine’s Day and Lent, and I had some small religious epiphany. I was in a dentist’s waiting room, and the TV was playing the live action version of 101 Dalmatians. The scene was of the marriage of Roger and Anita, and without expecting it I found myself transfixed by the background. The painting showed the body of Christ... Read more

2020-04-13T02:40:49-04:00

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Pontius Pilate as “Every Man”

Last updated on: April 13, 2020 at 2:40 am By Avellina Balestri

In the Passion Narratives of the Four Gospels, the Roman governor of Judea, Pontius Pilate, is not portrayed as a menacing monster or two-dimensional villain, but as the image of fallen mankind, made of flesh and blood and ambition, along with the underbelly of weakness that accompanies it. He becomes the cynical “every man”, representing each one of us, his fate caught on the swinging hinges of history. He speaks more often than not with accidental irony, only half-seeing what... Read more

2020-04-05T07:19:18-04:00

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The Problem of Evil in a Time of Pandemic

Last updated on: April 5, 2020 at 7:19 am By Avellina Balestri

With the rapid spread of Covid-19 shutting down a good chunk of world affairs and affecting the lives of people around the globe, the topic of God and his role in “natural evil” comes back to the fore of philosophical conversation. When a disease hits or a volcano explodes or fires rage, people often either blame God for it, or indeed speculate if its some type of curse from God. Failing either of those, they see it as proof that... Read more

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