Oct
27
Rethinking Lessons and Carols
It doesn't seem possible, but the Advent and Christmas seasons will be here soon! Some eager and organized
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Oct
20
Have You Only ONE Blessing?
And I am one of them, and so you are! And so is your neighbor. And so is your religiously different neighbor. Without exception. All children of the Living God.
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Jul
28
Hosea 11: Eighth Sunday after Pentecost
The prophet envisions God as a tender, loving, intimate parent who shows mercy.
After last week’s powerful and problematic
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Jul
21
Hosea 1: Seventh Sunday after Pentecost
Hosea's family life serves as a powerful but potentially problematic metaphor for Israel's unfaithfulness to God.
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Jul
14
Amos 8 - Sixth Sunday after Pentecost
Amos is a social justice prophet.
We remember his famous line: Let justice roll down like waters (5:24).
He&
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Jul
07
Supersessionism
Or Replacement Theology
In our coexistence over the centuries, Christians have invalidated Judaism by portraying it as inferior to our
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Jul
01
Post-Holocaust Christian Reading
“Ask yourselves if the theology you are learning is such that it could remain unchanged before and after Auschwitz. If
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Jun
16
Corrupting Jesus
Jesus, the Jew, was transformed into an Aryan—a startling occurrence. In an unbelievable act of sheer will, ignorance, and evil, the teachings of Jesus became equivalent to the teachings of Hitler.
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Jun
09
Reading the Old and New Testaments Together
We often portray Old Testament passages as the site of a waiting process, while New Testament passages are depicted as the culmination of the waiting. We envision that the Old Testament waits for what the New Testament brings.
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Jun
02
A God So Near and Additional Exodus People
Deuteronomy 4 and Amos 9 represent an ongoing conversation in the Hebrew Bible regarding God’s relationship with Israel.
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