Author: Tom Faranda

Courtesy of Mike and Karen Riner for getting the tickets. We had a bird’s eye view. The Gang of four  – here’s two and two more In the Yankee Museum before the game – who wore #42? Or #2? Yogi got this right – As I said, Bird’s Eye seats Meanwhile despite Luis Severino throwing…

With a beer.  UPDATE: 2nd. video added below Here’s more

I found this pretty good. Off the Business Insider channel.  

The Chinese Christian painter He Qi  – Go here  – Art Works of He Qi .::About Artist::. I love this. No banner; instead a lily. And check out the women. Here’s the sermon: The Easter Sermon ofSt. John ChrysostomBishop of Constantinople (c. A.D. 400) Is there anyone who is a devout lover of God? Let…

The 14 stations of the Cross a Catholic devotion (not completely biblical) that retraces Jesus’ steps from his condemnation to his crucifixion and death. Pax Christi is the (or one of the) Catholic peace organizations. When Brigid and I started doing the Stations in the early 90’s it would draw 800-900 people and get coverage…

A day early. Chinese art and an ancient short sermon tomorrow. Last Easter I received this image from a group called Daily Theology and liked it. “Noli me Tangere” or “Touch me not” as Mary Magdelene recognizes Jesus as she is leaving the empty tomb. The school of art is the Cretan School of Byzantine…

Good Friday – the somberest day on the Christian calendar. Today I’m going to the Pax Christi Stations of the Cross, across Manhattan. I like the Pax Christi Stations – ANY public display of prayer and penance through a big city is a good thing – and I’ve done it pretty much every year for…

UPDATE: YIKES! I corrected my misspelling of Pulitzer! One of my favorite writers (and a great speechwriter for Reagan), although to be honest I haven't paid that much attention to her Wall Street Journal columns the last couple of years. Guess I should have. In the past I read a number of her books. The…