2008-04-30 — Or maybe it’s just me. I think I was damaged by my experience at one of those over-the-top passion of Jesus extravaganzas. Jesus ascended on a wire, just like Sandy Duncan right over the audience. As he went by right over us, I remember thinking, “Huh, Jesus wears huaraches.”
Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a sabbath day’s journey away. When they had entered the city, they went to the room upstairs where they were staying, Peter, and John, and James, and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James son of Alphaeus, and Simon the Zealot, and Judas son of James. All these were constantly devoting themselves to prayer, together with certain women, including Mary the mother of Jesus, as well as his brothers.
— Seventh Sunday of Easter, Series ACopyright 1999 - 2004 James Wetzstein, except the bible of course. All rights reserved.