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This is a collection of blog posts in English, usually previously published on the multilingual Kalles kyrkliga kommentarer.
I do not allow anonymity on my blogs, since those who are legitimate should have no problem in showing their face (or at least, their pseudonyms). Neither do I, for that matter, allow disrespectful comments. All of these will remain unpublished.

Jar number 47

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A new doctor had arrived in town. He could cure anything and anybody. Everyone was amazed with what he could do - everyone except for Mr. Th...

What does the Bible really (really!) say...?

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In the on-line magazine “Charisma”, Michael L. Brown writes an article called What the Bible Really Says About Homosexuality (27.10.14). H...

Word play: Cashtration

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The Washington Post' s Mensa Invitational invited readers to take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or chan...

Intellectual joke

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What does a dyslexic agnostic insomniac spend most of his time doing? Staying up all night wondering whether there really is a dog. Source

Desperate opposition

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In 2006, a fellow pastor and I were reported for heresy to the diocesan chapter of Porvoo. The reason eas that we had participated in an on...

How many inches?

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The doctor comes in and says, "Ah, I see you've regained consciousness. Now, you probably won't remember, but you were in a pil...
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Balch on unchangable depths

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Those who are rooted in the depths that are eternal and unchangeable and who rely on unshakable principles, face change full of courage, co...

The newly married sailor

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A newly married sailor was informed by the Navy that he was going to be stationed a long way from home on a remote island in the Pacific for...

Einstein on God's way

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God always takes the simplest way. - Albert Einstein as quoted on Facebook

Sign in a doctor's office in Rome

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Specialist in women and other diseases.

Irons on time machines

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We all have our time machines. Some take us back, they're called memories. Some take us forward, they're called dreams. - Jeremy Iro...

Einstein on weakness

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Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character. - Albert Einstein as quoted on Facebook

Punny humour

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An electrician claimed that his truck was a volts wagon. Thanks to Bailey's Buddy !

Eisenhower on weapons and theft

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Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not f...

Wiesel on humility

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Exaggerated humility turns easily into false humility. Too much modesty can hinder one from speaking up when necessary and offering help whe...

Who Wants to be a Millionaire?

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A contestant on "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?" had reached the final plateau. If she answered the next question correctly, she w...

Sign in a hotel in Acapulco

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The manager has personally passed all the water served here.

Word play: Gargoyle

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The Washington Post has published the winning submissions to its yearly contest, in which readers are asked to supply alternate meanings fo...

Maathai on the causes of conflict

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In a few decades, the relationship between the environment, resources, and conflict may seem almost as obvious as the connection we see toda...

Tech support call

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Tech support: Okay Bob, let’s press the control and escape keys at the same time. That brings up a task list in the middle of the screen. N...

Six Bad Days

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1. The average cost of rehabilitating a seal after the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska was $80,000. At a special ceremony, two of the most...

No More Shopping

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My wife can be a little demanding at times. For example, she insists that I accompany her when she wants to do some shopping at Target. Unfo...

RF: No friends :-(

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Sign at a camping site in Germany's Black Forest

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It is forbidden for people of different sex, for instance men and women, to sleep in the same tent unless married to each other for that pur...

The archbishop apologizes to the LGBT community

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The archbishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland (ELCF), Kari Mäkinen , has apologized on behalf of the ELCF to homosexuals and ...

Religious job prospects

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A Catholic priest and a Rabbi are talking about job prospects. "Well," says the priest, "there's a good chance that I...

A cure for constipation

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It's a slow night at a local pub in Ireland, and the owner is polishing some glasses and thinking of closing up early, when he hears a ...

Pray for my hearing, Father!

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A priest said, "Anyone with 'special needs' who wants to be prayed over, please come forward to the altar rail." With th...

Pastors and alcohol

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Some months ago, on a Saturday morning, I was driving to work. I had a funeral. All of a sudden, the police stopped me. They were having a...

Same-sex couple sent as missionaries

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A same-sex couple in a registered partnership will be sent as missionaries to Cambodia by the Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Mission ( FELM ...
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Jag heter Karl af Hällström och kallas Kalle. Jag bor och arbetar som kyrkoherde i Lovisa, världens östligaste stad med svenska som ett officiellt språk. - I am a Lutheran pastor from Finland.
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