Day: August 13, 2021
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Shabbat shalom
Of course God is the “wholly Other”; but God is also the wholly Same, the wholly Present. Of course God is the Mysterium Tremendum that appears and overthrows; but God is also the mystery of the self-evident, nearer to me than my I. Martin Buber, I and Thou, Translated by Ronald Gregor Smith, Scribner Classics, […]
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Reflecting on Hebrews 10 23-36
We will need to think hard about whether, and how, the distance between the first century CE and our own time affects the meaning of what the author of Hebrews is saying. That’s because we are studying Hebrews 10:23-36 (more inclusively, 19-39) for Sunday, August 15. [Some notes on the text are here.] This week’s […]
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Cue the Spooky Music
[Tucker] Carlson talked up Hungary’s anti-immigration policies and what he described as the country’s support of families, but in a speech he gave—and later promoted on social media—he also addressed what we might call the politics of aesthetics. He emphasized the need for “order and cleanliness,” which he called “essential to human happiness.” He railed […]
Matters of Interpretation 