Day: May 21, 2021
-
Shabbat shalom
Where there is danger, the rescuing force grows too. Martin Buber, I and Thou, Translated by Ronald Gregor Smith, Scribner Classics, 2000 (1956), 62. Image: Detail of an image of the stained glass work in Hadassah Hospital, Ein Kerem, Israel, “The Tribe of Levi,” Marc Chagall / CC BY-SA, via Wikimedia Commons
-
Reflecting on Ezekiel 18 1-9, 30-32
We are studying Ezekiel 18:1-9 and 30-32 for Sunday, May 23. The text is part of an uncompromising statement of God’s concern with individual righteousness or transgression, along with a plea to choose repentance and righteousness, as the way of life. [Some notes on the text are here.] Here are some questions we might want…
Matters of Interpretation 