The person at the pulpit was talking about Jesus at the Mount of Olives. No loaves and fishes, no mention of any other miracles but the one of His ability–and willingness–to feel all our pain of every kind in order that we might always have a friend to turn to who knows exactly what it feels like, because He was willing to go through it with us at a time when He was entirely alone.

I was reading the Zoom captions on my phone.

My eyes did a silent Ohmygosh!

No. No he did NOT say the Salmon on the Mount. Wrong part of the story anyway. NO.

Clearly, that AI has been to church before and it thinks it knows everything it’s supposed to learn there.

Well, teaching us in parables always was His style…

But also, it brings back to me the time my mom told young-kid me that clearly, G_d has a sense of humor. Which intrigued me and puzzled me no end and made me pay attention to that possibility all of my life.

Clearly, He does, because a shared good laugh can bring out the best in us.

Salmon. On the Mount. I’d tell him a good joke but He told it to me first.