"She'll destroy you, Adam"
It doesn't matter where she came from; it matters that she brings embodied evil into the story. And we watch as various folks respond to this sort of evil. Perhaps we even see some of ourselves – our capacity, our temptations – in Cathy.
Knicks Chant Rejects Christian Nationalism.
This passionate sports chant rejects Christian Nationalism as the dominant way to interpret America's religious history and present.
"A dour Presbyterian mind"
East of Eden tells the story of two families: The Hamiltons and The Trasks. One family is based on reality – the Hamiltons are Steinbeck's own family - and the other is fictional.
"A Dread of West and a Love of East" The Opening of East of Eden
Steinbeck is already planting a metaphor in this opening chapter, a metaphor about the dual realities of good and evil. He uses the opposite directions of east and west, with east, of course, alluding to the Genesis Eden story.
Reading East of Eden Theologically
Let The Summer Reading Begin!
Beginning this week, we will work our way through John Steinbeck's 1952 American
Job's Final Words
Job, not God, gets the final say in the book's poetry section. Hear these words:
“I know that
Pentecost
"The Kingdom of the Spirit has no frontiers. It is present in the order and beauty of the world
When God Responds
God's rhetorical questions seem to rebuke and perhaps invite the reader simultaneously. They position God as the Creator, Designer, and Governor of the world.
"Curse God and Die": The Ambiguous Words of Job's Wife
Job's wife does not play a starring role in the biblical story. But she does get to voice one zinger.
The Patience of Job?
Careful readers of the book of Job notice two different Jobs: Prose Job and Poetry Job. Patience is a virtue, but so is honoring our pain-filled experiences.
