November 2009
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Righteous judgment
11.08.09 | Permalink | 2 CommentsThis week’s art—a stylized Ten Commandments—and theme—righteous judgment—really threw me off. I was expecting a legalistic selection of texts highlighting, once again, the trope that God punishes you when you sin. Instead, it was a nod not just to avoiding judging others but to our inability to judge each other, rightly, in any case. 2 Samuel 12:1-10. […]
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Unconditional Love
11.01.09 | Permalink | Comments Off on Unconditional LoveI’m taking some time to follow along through the Christian year using the new Mosaic Bible. This week’s readings for Pentecost Week 25: Nehemiah 9:5-37, Psalm 13, Romans 13:8-14, John 21:15-19, Romans 8:31-39. An extended speech we start with in Nehemiah is yet another god-smites-when-you’re-bad remake, this time by the lead priests who may be the ones who wrote […]
