Understandably, there are not many songs about Judas Iscariot. But in 1991 the band U2 released a rock ballad called “Until the End of the World.” In an expression of equal parts confusion and bravado, the song attempts to articulate Judas’s inner thoughts on the night he betrayed Jesus. It is initially set at the...
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On the treadmill last week, at an hour when only werewolves and swim parents are awake, I listened to Pete Scazzero’s Emotionally Healthy Leader podcast and heard him say, discussing the temptations of Jesus, the phrase “up and to the right.” And I realized, listening to the discussion: there’s Hinduism, Islam, Christianity… but do you...
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You likely know the expression friendly fire. It’s a tragic expression, really, because there is nothing ‘friendly’ in it at all. It is the horrible scenario in war where a soldier finds him or herself in the wrong place at the wrong time, shot at by their own fellow troops. But why mention this with...
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