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Exodus: The Journey of Faith
Great Themes of Scripture: Hebrew Bible Exodus: The Journey of Faith Tuesday, June 29, 2021 The journey of Exodus, the journey that Israel walked, is an image of the journey made by every person who sets out to seek the Divine Presence. Israel is, as it were, humanity personified, and so what happened to Israel… Continue Reading Exodus: The Journey of Faith
A Journey to Freedom
Liberation A Journey to Freedom Sunday, January 17, 2021 In the Book of Exodus, Egypt is the place of slavery and the promised land is the place of freedom. The journey from Egypt to the promised land is a standing paradigm for the universal struggle from slavery to freedom—and thus for the spiritual journey as… Continue Reading A Journey to Freedom
Roots of Liberation
Economy: Week 1 Roots of Liberation Sunday, June 24, 2018 One of the great themes of the Bible, beginning with the Hebrew Scriptures and continued by Jesus and Paul, is “the preferential option for the poor.” I call it “the bias toward the bottom.” The Hebrew people’s exodus out of slavery, and YHWH’s complete identification… Continue Reading Roots of Liberation
The Liberation Tradition
Tradition The Liberation Tradition Monday, January 16, 2017 I would like to assert that the theme of liberation is the largest frame in which to understand spirituality. The term liberation theology has a negative connotation for some people. It sounds like something heretical, leftist, or Marxist, and certainly not biblical. In real fact, it is… Continue Reading The Liberation Tradition
Giving Birth to God
Creation Giving Birth to God Wednesday, January 28, 2015 From the beginning until now, the entire creation as we know it has been groaning in one great act of giving birth. —Romans 8:22 Creation did not happen once by a flick of the Divine hand, and now it’s slowly winding down—which is what we’ve assumed… Continue Reading Giving Birth to God