Part of getting older is becoming overly conscious
of some things and relatively unconscious of others.
Thursday, March 31, 2016
Wednesday, March 30, 2016
Living Spiritual Rhythms - March 30
Irony, parody, and satire are not less than
rhetorical constructs, but they surely can be much more in that they are able
to refer to arguments or counter arguments, and to stake or unstake claims,
leaving the interpreter to decide which is which.
Monday, March 28, 2016
Reflection for the Week - March 28
Many evangelicals claim that if you disagree with them
and don’t hold to a literal interpretation of Genesis 1-3, then you’re both a
heretic and unspiritual. That very lapse of insight, however, shows that these
people are actually further away from what’s true than closer to it. Though for
believers in the tradition it’s hard to see this because they’ve been taught
the evangelical illusion that if they’re not “in the fold,” God is against them.
This is a tricky and highly manipulative maneuver; a stacked deck with which evangelicals
assume they can never lose, but it invites suspicion, not trust. Beware.
Saturday, March 26, 2016
Thursday, March 24, 2016
Thursday Thoughts - March 24
On the one hand, the biblical text resists being
collapsed into just another ANE or GR text, though it is one, and on the other,
it is unable to attain the status of a pure revelation from God, however, it
does reveal. Some of the biblical stories may be exaggerated or even
outlandish, but there is still in the overarching mega story a testimony to God
acts in time – something happened to produce the narrative recountings of such
a common, yet remarkably unique character. This perspective invites us into
tension, without guarantees.
Wednesday, March 23, 2016
Living Spiritual Rhythms - March 23
Not listening to and therefore silencing the other
can take place at many levels; human, artistic, textual, to mention just a few.
Being an open relator, viewer, reader, and hearer of the other’s voice,
however, is expressed through a willingness to be caught up in dialogue. When
we are engaged in this manner, it explodes hermeneutical monologues and sets us
on the path towards finding oneself as another.
Tuesday, March 22, 2016
Adam & Eve?
One reviewer says this about From Evolution to Eden: “Thank you for writing this exciting new
book which has brought me back to reading theology and given me much to think
about!”
Was there a historical Adam & Eve? In the light of the scientific
informer, which proposes evolution as the explanation for how life came about,
there are no first humans in a garden paradise. To ignore this data in order to
preserve a literalist reading of Genesis 1-3 is one of the gravest errors of
our times. As a result, many have lost faith, while others are no longer even
interested in it. Let’s take Science & Scripture seriously and move in
better directions. Check out From Evolution to Eden, which aims to do exactly
that.
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