La realidad de la violencia figura en la historia redentora como consecuencia de la resistencia de las naciones a la determinación de YHVH de llevar justicia y salvación a su mundo. Las buenas intenciones y aspiraciones idealistas de la humanidad no son suficientes para borrar la trágica realidad, que la voluntad de YHVH y la [...]
Archive for March, 2009
YHVH guerrero: Isaías 63.1-6
Posted in textures, tagged biblical reflection, Isaías, Isaiah, reflexión bíblica, texturas, textures on March 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
*You* do it: Luke 9
Posted in textures, tagged biblical reflection, Luke, textures on March 31, 2009 | 1 Comment »
It might not be commonly agreed that a life accompanied by the biblical text is likely to be a life that grows towards a quiet courage. That does not make the observation less true. The courage that Jesus inspires does not often call attention to itself. For good reason does the apostle refer to it [...]
descubriéndose: Isaías 61 // Lucas 4
Posted in textures, tagged biblical reflection, Isaías, Isaiah, Lucas, Luke, reflexión bíblica, texturas, textures on March 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Debió haber sido uno de los momentos más fascinantes de su vida. Jesús, regresa de nuevo al pueblo galileo donde se crió, recibe el honor de proclamar en alta voz la lectura profética asignada a ese día. Se le presenta el capítulo sesenta y uno de Isaías, con todos sus pronombres enigmáticos. Jesús realiza el [...]
the privilege of release: Deuteronomy 15
Posted in textures, tagged biblical reflection, Deuteronomy, textures on March 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
An economy and society motivated by unmitigated greed are unlikely to reflect YHWH’s intentions on earth. There is no straight line from a statement like this to a concrete political philosophy. Among the variables figure prominently the mechanisms or means that are most promising as mitigators or orientors of greed. The self-interested vice is not [...]
cattle call: Fogo de Chao, Indianapolis
Posted in my hometown, reseña on March 29, 2009 | 4 Comments »
The most memorable dining experience of my life took place in Londrina, Brazil, among a party of twenty friends at one of that South American country’s famed churrascarías. The longing for a repeat performance has lingered in a modest, back-stage sort of way ever since. With First Son home from his Seattle university, it seemed [...]
no hay: Isaías 59
Posted in textures, tagged biblical reflection, Isaías, Isaiah, reflexión bíblica, texturas, textures on March 29, 2009 | 1 Comment »
El capítulo 59 de Isaías es un extenso lamento sobre la situación precaria del pueblo del Retorno de Babilonia. Esta comunidad judía, reconstruida sobre las cenizas de Jerusalén, se estableció con grandes expectativas que se vieron fueron frustradas por el desenlace final que sufrieron. Mostrando amplias conexiones con los salmos de lamento, los 21 versos [...]
near neighbors: Deuteronomy 12 // Psalm 70
Posted in textures, tagged biblical reflection, Deuteronomy, Psalms, textures on March 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The book of Deuteronomy’s discourse on worship is so focussed on the requirement of offering cultic service exclusively in the place that YHWH will choose for his name to dwell that it is easy to overlook the joyful character of worship itself. Strict limitation, after all, does not usually evoke notions of gladness. Yet enmeshed [...]
liviandad y estabilidad: Isaías 57.1-14
Posted in textures, tagged biblical reflection, Isaías, Isaiah, reflexión bíblica, texturas, textures on March 28, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Aquella sección del libro de Isaías que normalmente se define como los capítulos 56–66 expresa la gran desilusión resultante de no ver cumplidas las promesas de Dios. Este texto enfatiza la irresponsabilidad de la comunidad del Retorno (después de 539 a.C.) como la triste consecuencia reflejada en una Jerusalén que no brilla con la justicia [...]
only this: Deuteronomy 10 // Psalm 69
Posted in textures, tagged biblical reflection, Deuteronomy, Psalms, textures on March 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Moses’ valedictory addresses to the ‘children of Israel’ comprise the book of Deuteronomy, the so-called second law or second presentation of Torah in the Pentateuch, or five scrolls. Deuteronomy has its lawgiver burdened to recapitulate the calling to which YHWH has summoned his otherwise unremarkable tribes. This survey of the events that have led the [...]
no citadel too high: Deuteronomy 2-3
Posted in textures, tagged biblical reflection, Deuteronomy, textures on March 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
If triumphalism means the unabashed loss of self-critical capacity because God is on our side, then triumphalism is always a bad idea. Yet there are moments, in history as in the more domesticated circles of our own spirituality, when memory’s joyous recall of triumphant events is entirely a sweet thing. The historical prologue of Deuteronomy’s [...]
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