A step back, a deep breath, a reassessment: Grief
Walter Breuggeman in Reality, Grief, Hope provides a scripture-based process for coming to terms with the signs of the times.” In an earlier post, I dealt with the reality process of becoming clear about what has happened. In this case, it was the 2016 presidential election. I tried in that post to be as clear as …
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Unexpected modern prophets
Walter Breuggemann in Reality, Grief, Hope: Three Urgent Prophetic Tasks provides what was to me a revitalized understanding of the ministry of the Hebrew Scripture prophets: Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Hosea. The easy popular understanding is that these prophets could foresee the future. This misunderstanding makes it difficult to see the full meaning of prophecy and those …
A step back, a deep breath, and a reassessment: Reality
I was stunned by the results of the recent presidential election. I had a hard time believing that the electorate would reject a continuation of the social programs that have been so important to our nation: Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and various protections of social and economic groups on the margin. My deep roots in …
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