It seems to me these days that everything has to happen in the headlines. World events are every human being’s subject for debate, anger, and insult. It’s a trap of entanglement and even obsession. There is also a tendency to read world events into the Bible and especially to interpret everything about Israel as signs of the…
Tag: joy
253. Christmas-multiplication
December has come and we are well into celebrating the four words of Advent. Four Sundays before Christmas we hear the message again and again – rightly so. We need it. We need to be washed in the water of the Word to be cleansed and ready for the Feast. We give the content to our Christmas celebrations; we make contact with others…
111. Come on – throw a party!
It is significant how the concept of a joyous get-together is part of ancient Jewish history and religious worship. In general, ancient societies were much more socially supportive, than the modern focus on privacy, personal preference and individual superiority afford a member of the social order today. Survival demanded group cooperation. Feasting found a firm…
Pebbles of Perpetuity 