Tag: gender
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Questions for Reflection and Discussion – Genesis 2 18-25 and 4 1-2
The text we’re studying for Sunday, September 23 is Genesis 2:18-25 and 4:1-2, God’s specific creation of the first woman as distinct from the first man, and the birth announcement of Cain and Abel. Here are a few questions we might want to consider, on our own or together in class: What is our past…
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Notes on Genesis 2 18-25 and 4 1-2
The text we’re studying for Sunday, September 23 is Genesis 2:18-25 and Genesis 4:1-2. In keeping with our emphasis on creation this quarter, our curriculum identifies this as “God creates the family.” We can talk about that. We’re looking at the narrative of God’s specific creation of “the man” and “the woman,” and then at…
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Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time
A very short and possibly overly personal reflection on the topic of the Uniform Series text (Genesis 17:1-14) for Sunday, September 10, which was also the Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time: It was difficult. It was difficult to do the exegesis on this text, it was difficult to think about it, it was difficult to…
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Christian Doctrine (14)
These are my summary notes on Chapter 14 of Christian Doctrine1 “Who’s in Charge Here? The Doctrine of the Resurrection”: Christians celebrate Easter as the victory of God and good over the powers of death and evil. But in the world we see around us, the powers of death and evil are visible everywhere. [Guthrie’s…
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Exegetical Exercise (Judges 4:1-10)
The Uniform Series text for Sunday, June 4 is Judges 4:1-10, the first part of the story of Deborah and Barak vs. Sisera. These are my notes on the text: First impressions: there are a lot of place names; Deborah is located, Barak is located, the instructions Deborah gives Barak for mobilizing troops are detailed…
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Religion Question
Everyone knows that religion has no satisfactory definition. Nevertheless, most people know what they recognize as religion, know what they mean by “a religious person,” etc. What people typically recognize includes “official” religiosity – ritual practice, sacred texts, ordained positions, etc. If that were all there was to religion, though, religion would look a lot…
Matters of Interpretation 