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August 22, 2018
Parables, Earthly Stories with Heavenly Meanings? … Maybe Not
Jesus tells parables, stories with comfortably familiar scenes and, often, strange twists. The tendency of...
August 20, 2018
Beelzebul — Who or What, Exactly, is in Service to this Demon?
Name calling is a favorite tactic of challenged establishments. Today you might be called a...
August 17, 2018
Kneeling, Sitting, Standing, Walking – We Use our Bodies in Catholic Liturgy
A Japanese foreign exchange student went to Sunday Mass with us and gave me most...
August 15, 2018
The Twelve Apostles, Start of a Community of Resistance
In Mark Jesus does not work alone. As weak and lacking in understanding as his...
August 13, 2018
Meals, Fasting, and Sabbath: Taking on the Pharisees
Jesus challenges the three basic elements in the symbolic order that the Pharisees cherished. Perhaps...
August 10, 2018
Mark Braverman and others Urge Justice for Palestinians
Dr. Mark Braverman is a Jewish American who speaks out for the rights of Palestinians...
August 06, 2018
Social Justice: The Challenging Symbolism of Healing Miracles
More than charity to individuals motivates Jesus to heal the sick. He challenges the purity...
August 06, 2018
The Devil and an Exorcism: Jesus Upsets Business as Usual
Jesus’ teaching “with authority” is an attack on the scribes, but it’s the devil...
August 03, 2018
Xenophobia, Religion, and Secularism
Surveys show that xenophobia, prejudice against people whom one sees as other, is more prevalent...
August 01, 2018
Fishers of Men in the Kingdom of God. Fish Hooks for Which People?
Jesus tells his first disciples, “I will make you fishers of men.” It's a more...
July 2018
July 30, 2018
John the Baptist, the Centers of Power, and the Stronger One
John the Baptist preached repentance, but for which sins? And for whose? John and Jesus...
July 27, 2018
Woman, Man, Symbols of God, and an Article by Abigail Favale
My inner feminist woke up almost from the moment that I became aware of issues...
July 25, 2018
Mark’s Gospel, The Dangerous, Political Beginning: ‘News of Victory’
Gospel: A dangerous word for a dangerous story. Mark commandeers the Propaganda Roman term “Gospel”...
July 23, 2018
The Worldly Spirituality of the Gospel of Mark
Introduction to a Series on the Earliest Gospel A worldly spirituality moves more deeply than...
July 20, 2018
Liberation and the Bible: Chosen People, Part Three
The Bible is a story of liberation of an oppressed people chosen to be God’s...
July 18, 2018
Chosen People, Part Two: Paul’s Vision, a New Tribe?
St. Paul was the great apostle to the Gentiles. He didn’t require circumcision of his...
July 16, 2018
Jonah Learns a Lesson: Chosen People, Part One
Jonah, a prophet of God’s Chosen People, learns a painful lesson about God’s all-inclusive love....
July 13, 2018
Eye Contact for Lectors and the Assembly: Two Lessons Never Taught
Eye contact between lectors and members of the assembly is a relationship. As a trainer...
July 12, 2018
The Problem of Suffering, Part 2: An Impatient Job
A creative editor changed an old story about a character named Job. This editor challenged,...
July 11, 2018
Job and the Problem of Suffering, Part One: The Bible Tries Explaining
“I never explain anything,” Mary Poppins says when asked why there are chimney sweeps in...
July 09, 2018
Solomon and Embracing the Symbol King
The honor that Israel’s memory paid to King Solomon belies the fact that his kingdom...
July 06, 2018
Revelation is a Dialogue with God’s Word: Biblical Violence, Part Three
Violence in the Bible disturbs some Christians and makes it easier to reject Biblical faith...
July 04, 2018
Joshua Didn’t Destroy Jericho: The Problem of Biblical Violence, Part Two
The Bible contains a lot of violence, much of it unjust by today’s standards. In...
July 02, 2018
The Problem of Biblical Violence, Part One
Violence in the Bible is a difficult issue for Christians, especially when God commands it....
June 2018
June 29, 2018
One Nation Under God, or Under Something at Least
The Fourth of July, the celebration of our nation’s independence, is near. I have been...
June 27, 2018
Four Amazing Women in the Genealogy of Jesus
The genealogy of Jesus in Matthew’s Gospel lists four women: Tamar, Rahab, Ruth, and Bathsheeba....
June 25, 2018
Two Spiritualities of Banking—Dad’s and Wall Street’s
Banking is spiritual? That’s the idea here, also that the kind of spirituality matters. William...
June 21, 2018
A Journey for People Away from Home or for People Already in Their ‘Promised Land’
Israel’s journey to the Promised Land is a metaphor for life. So Israel could have...
June 20, 2018
Exodus and History, Israel’s and Ours
The Bible’s second book, Exodus, tells about Israel’s beginning as a people. Is this a...
June 18, 2018
The Exodus Story and Israel’s Pre-history, Part 1
How did the nation of Israel begin? Can we trust the Bible to tell us...
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