Jesus on the Moon

A. Unabashed Pacifist:

Peaceful lies the crown that enacts justice.

B. Unabashed Christian:

Holy One,

You are always ready to include everybody in your family; you invite everyone to the party. We are the ones who exclude. You would never do so.

You are ready to include without any ritual to make it “official.” We are the ones who want formality to make things more real and memorable. You don’t need those proofs or memory aids.

You are ready to include even when we hesitate, when we aren’t sure we have taken the appropriate steps or put on the right clothes. There are no such obstacles from your side.

You can definitely count me in.
Amen

C. Un-quoting Jesus:

“Trust me, guys, the moon is made of green cheese.”

[So that’s where that idea came from! NOT!]

D. Blog: Word of the Week

“knickers”:

Short, loose-fitting undergarment, now usually for women, 1881, shortening of knickerbockers (1859), said to be so called for their resemblance to those of Dutchmen in Cruikshank's illustrations from Washington Irving's "History of New York" (see knickerbocker).

Okay, we'll see “knickerbocker”:

Descendant of Dutch settler of New York, 1831, from Diedrich Knickerbocker, the name under which Washington Irving published his popular "History of New York" (1809). The pen-name was borrowed from Irving's friend Herman Knickerbocker, and literally means "toy marble-baker."

[The journey from marbles to women's underwear? Through some sort of alchemic process I guess.]

[Thanks again to the Online Etymology Dictionary]