[Magdalen] The Theology of Clerical Beards

[Jay Weigel]

My Israeli friend Yitzhak has been fully bearded most of his adult life,
but he says every couple of years he shaves to "let his face breathe". The
first time he did it, his oldest son Yishai screamed in fear when he saw
his clean-shaven dad, so thereafter while his boys were young, he always
had them watch him take it off.

On Fri, Jan 22, 2016 at 12:23 PM, M J _Mike_ Logsdon <mjl at ix.netcom.com>
wrote:

> >>>When I see the stylised beards some men have sich as a narrow strip
> trimmed short following the jaw line I wonder why.  Keeping it trimmed
> must be a lot more work that a proper shave every day.<<<
>
> Or just letting it go (within reason) and keeping it combed as best one
> can between occasional modest trims aimed less at appearance than for basic
> maintenance.
>
> Fully bearded since 19 yrs old, minus a small stretch in 2003 when I
> genuinely wanted to go fully shorn from then on, but my skin simply won't
> hear of it ("The Beard of Necessity").
>