"Use All The Crayons!" ... Jesus & Easter
Stinker! “Evan & Elle” Review of the Week!
The milestone (for at least me) 30th review finds it flawed: “This book could not hold my attention it took me 3 months to read a 320page book that usually takes me a month or less. But it was ok I just couldn’t get into it and I didn’t like Elle all that much.”
Do negative reviews — even carelessly punctuated ones — bother me? Not really. The book has 28 out of 30 5-star amazon reviews. Besides this 3-star review there is a 1-star review posted anonymously, so it could come from some random hater. Heck, it could have come from within my own house!
But any review means the book is being read, opinions are churning, notice is being paid.
And, c’mon, how could anyone not like Elle? One heavenly poll has her more popular than Mary Tyler Moore — and, yes, there are popularity contests even in Heaven.
Me being interviewed by that affable dandy Michael Burns on his weekender Sirius Satellite Road Dog Trucker station
Jesus & Easter
• It’s a triumph of Biblical marketing that the day known for the cruel beating and bloody crucifixion of the holy man many of us consider to be our Savior is called "Good" Friday. I wonder what Jesus calls it.
• We hear lots about Jesus as the Son of God. I wonder about Uncle Jesus. Wouldn't it have been cool to say Jesus was your Uncle?
• Contend how surprising it is that a musical genre that calls itself hip hop doesn’t have a memorable song about the Easter Bunny.
• I’m sure he was a perfectly competent carpenter, but I think Jesus missed his calling. He’d have been one hell of a bartender.
• When Jesus brought Lazarus back from the dead, did Lazarus's father have to go through the whole buy-cigars-for-your-buddies custom and if so, did he try and get Jesus to pitch in on the cost?
• How unsettling will it be to your faith if Jesus returns Sunday, but he's wearing one of those HAZ-MAT suits?
• Stephen Hawking sez Artificial Intelligence could wipe out man by 2050. Imagine theological ramifications if Jesus returns in 2051.
• I wonder if the men who nailed Jesus to the cross felt any sense of irony that they were doing it to a carpenter. I have to think Union bylaws today would have likely spared Jesus.
• Which seems sillier: a child believing in the Easter Bunny or an adult believing that Jesus Christ, a man whose ancestors were uniformly Middle Easterners, was a lily white dude. And would it hurt your faith if scholars revealed Jesus looked more like bin Laden than Ryan Seacrest?
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