Day: September 10, 2021
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Shabbat shalom
God cannot be inferred in anything – in nature, say, as its author, or in history as its master, or in the subject as the self that is thought in it. Something else is not ‘given’ and God then elicited from it; but God is the Being that is directly, most nearly, and lastingly, over […]
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Reflecting on 2 Samuel 6
What should we ourselves make out of the story we are studying for Sunday, September 12, the story of David bringing the Ark of God up to Jerusalem (in 2 Samuel 6)? The story describes dramatic events that happen long ago, far away, and that center on a powerfully sacred object that no longer exists. […]
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Studying 2 Samuel 6 (not just 1-5, 14-19)
We are meant to be focusing on David’s second, more successful effort to transport the ark to Jerusalem; we are meant to be thinking about it as an example of praise and worship. We are studying the selected verses 2 Samuel 6:1-5, 14-19 for Sunday, September 12. If we read all of 2 Samuel 6, […]
Matters of Interpretation 