Scripture references in this blog are from Hebrew and Christian Scripture, using the ‘Historical Critical Method.’ See, David R. Law, The Historical-Critical Method: a Guide for the Perplexed (London: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2012). Also used throughout is the interpretative method of ‘Narrative Criticism.’ See, Robert. Alter, The Art of Biblical Narrative (New York: Basic Books, a Member of the Perseus Books Group, 2011).
Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding.” ― Albert Einstein. I recall listening to a fella who had suffered more than a few up close and personal rock-bottoms. He said that these days all he wanted “was to step out easy.” That struck me as a fine metaphor for […]
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Without understanding the depth and meaning of myth, there is little hope of ever grasping the beauty and richness of the text in the Bible, because—not to put too fine a point on it—Hebrew and Christian scripture is chock-a-block full of myth story telling. The notion that we can discount myth as mere fiction and
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Among the recurring themes in my posts is that embracing weakness and vulnerability rather than power is spirituality 101. This is not happenstance, it is nurtured by experience more than hypothesis, practice rather than theory, and a consequent abiding conviction that the spiritual ethics of humility in practice, active justice, and doing compassion & love,
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I just couldn’t move on from that trouble prone, first century, Jewish misfit mystic, Paul, without a few more words regarding his approach to power. “Power is made perfect in weakness,” he dramatically declares (2 Cor 12:9). Not bad from a fella who was destined to become arguably the second most important figure ever in the
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