Tag: hermeneutics
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Reflecting on Acts 3 1-11
Yes, yes, we really ARE studying Acts 3:1-11 – the story of Peter and John healing a lame beggar at the Beautiful Gate of the Temple – this week. In a few minutes for some of us! [Some notes on the text are added here.] So – here are a few questions we might want…
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“What’s Our Motivation?”
What are we supposed to learn form the disciples’ immediate, enthusiastic response to Jesus’ call? That depends …
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Studying Isaiah 43 1-4, 10-12
How hard is it to read beautiful divine promises in scripture without yanking them out of context? Well …
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“Words for the Great Ordeal”
John relays a message for Christians going through “the great ordeal” now. We still need these words: “Come, Lord Jesus!” and “Come, everyone who is thirsty!”
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A few thoughts on the close of “Pride Month”
thinking out loud about Christianity and a few LGBTQ concerns
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A Living Text
Once upon a time in a class, the professor said, offhand, in passing, not the main point, “so you have the juxtaposition of images – the source of all meaning …” That basic theory has stayed with me, like a meteor crater, one of the things I really learned in seminary. The juxtaposition of images…
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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.…
Matters of Interpretation 