As a compendium, the Bible is born in a resolutely communal manger. Solitary, introspective philosophies of the kind common to, say, Europe in the second half of the twentieth century, must scrounge energetically to find biblical precedents for the lonely path they travel. In biblical perspective, the first man and woman have barely begun to [...]
Archive for April, 2009
solitude’s utter depth: Proverbs 14.10
Posted in textures, tagged biblical reflection, Proverbs, textures on April 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
decorum’s obsolescence: Psalm 98
Posted in textures, tagged biblical reflection, Psalms, textures on April 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Something there is in YHWH’s justice that sets propriety to one side and makes grown men shout as though mad. When a person or a community has ached for justice to be done, become familiar with the sour bile of longing, wondered beyond counting whether it is vain to wait any longer when nobody seems [...]
maiden voyage
Posted in thin rubber, tagged biking on April 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Having grown up and passed parts of five decades riding utilitarian bikes with the purpose of getting from point A to point B, today’s maiden voyage of my slightly used Specialized Allez Elite road bike was a new experience. Indianapolis’ railroad-line-to-paradise Monon Trail was glorious in the sunlight of a 75-degree, blue-skied springtime afternoon. The [...]
coping with the insolent: Psalm 86 // Proverbs 13.10
Posted in textures, tagged biblical reflection, Proverbs, Psalms, textures on April 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The biblical proverbialist can get away with naming things. His task is deeply cognitive. As Solomon catalogued the Levant’s flora and fauna and so made a name for his encyclopedic soul, so does the wisdom tradition that he in some measure sponsored sort and label the eddies and flow of human conduct. Deep human pathos [...]
how not to pray: Luke 18
Posted in textures on April 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I am not like other people. Six words, these mere eight syllables, constitute the first mile-marker on the long road to hell. Neatly engraved on a gilded road-side sign, they appear to embody all the authority of law and decency. Yet they are the precise opposite of their claim. Jesus abhorred the pious contempt with [...]
angels’ tears: Luke 15
Posted in textures, tagged biblical reflection, Luke, textures on April 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Respectability is an expensive luxury that, in a moment, turns itself into a most damnable vice. Jesus erstwhile adversaries—the mockable ‘Pharisees and scribes’—seemed incapable of recognizing that the perk of respectability out to have been parked far down on the list of graded priorities. So deep was their confusion that they mistook the stream of [...]
continuity: Luke 16
Posted in textures, tagged biblical reflection, Luke, textures on April 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Jesus taught an ethic of continuity. What a person does with the little stuff is a leading indicator of his conduct when opportunity becomes large. “Whoever is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much; and whoever is dishonest in a very little is dishonest also in much. If then you have not [...]
de otro mundo: Yasmín Levy, Mano Suave
Posted in reseña, tagged Latin music, music, reseña, world music on April 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
stupendous: 24, Season Four
Posted in reseña on April 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Just when it seemed that 24 couldn’t get any better, it did. A lot better. Season Four introduces the usual agonizing plot twists but adds several exceptional new players: ‘Edgar’, Chloe’s geeky (and ample) sidekick, Secretary of Defense Joseph Heller, his daughter Audrey, and the steely, purposeful terrorist Marwan. Jack Bauer continues as the show’s [...]
and an arrow that shoots both ways (Psalm 78 // Proverbs 12.24)
Posted in textures, tagged biblical reflection, Proverbs, Psalms, textures on April 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The pungent Hebrew word remiyyah gathers a world of disappointment into two and a half little syllables. Often translated as deceit or negligence, it is not a term employed by its perpetrator. He prefers more benign descriptions of his deeds, always self-interested and too often hanging out to dry people who had relied upon him [...]
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