Our perennial fear of bad news is unfounded to the extent that we are grounded. Steadiness comes with balance. It is an interweaving of trust in the mercy and grace of God with an ethic of obedience, generosity, peace, love,… Continue reading

Until the TimeMicah 5:1-5 (NRSV) Now you are walled around with a wall;siege is laid against us;with a rod they strike the ruler of Israelupon the cheek. But you, O Bethlehem of Ephrathah,who are one of the little clans of… Continue reading

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Download “I and Thou” by Martin Buber I am mulling Buber’s concept of “self-contradiction.” “Buber did not strictly follow Judaism’s religious laws. Worried that an “internal slavery” to religious law stunts spiritual growth, he did not believe that revelation could… Continue reading

"…God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise…" God chooses the foolish things of this world of confound the wise — or the presumably wise. God calls simple dreamers who sing the maskil songs of contemplation… Continue reading

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Do not call conspiracy all that this people calls conspiracy, and do not fear what it fears, or be in dread. In a stumbling, mumbling, fumbling world, Oh God, may one voice deflect the sounds of dread. In a dismal,… Continue reading

The psalms are full of paradox; that is why I love them and relate to them so. In the same breath: "God, you beat me up badly" and "God, you have always protected me." And … "Where are you God?"… Continue reading

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