Laughing without a net
1 Peter 1: 3-9 New Ark United Church of Christ, Newark, DE April 12, 2026 – Holy Humor Sunday Photo of a hand with light skin holding Rise, Artemis II microgravity indicator. A white ball with decorated with two eyes, pink cheeks, and a smile, with yellow circles to indicate craters, one labeled "Carroll", another labeled "Integrity". Rise is wearing a cap that looks like planet Earth, with a black brim decorated with yellow stars and a rocket blasting off. A week ago Wednesday, on the beginning of Passover, I watched the Artemis II liftoff from the Kennedy Space Center to make its historic journey around the moon, going further than any other spaceflight before. Since there was Easter to prepare for, I caught snippets of the mission on social media: photos of the earth and moon, astronaut Christina Koch fixing the space toilet, the crew naming a crater for Commander Reid Wiseman’s late wife Carroll. I heard the crew’s Easter greeting. I too felt moon joy. T...
