…the dead as well, allowing them to move into the underworld and be reincarnated as wild pigs who could then offer themselves up to nourish the living. The practice emerges…
…man punished by extreme suffering for his wickedness, and to the deadly wood of the cross, appropriates fitting altars for reprobate and wicked men, that they may worship what they…
…he assigned to the sea its limit, so that the waters might not transgress his command, when he marked out the foundations of the earth, 30 then I was beside…
…texts—likely possessing greater access to liquid than the average peasant. Thus, to these unimaginative interpreters, complaining about water and food—especially after experiencing a magnificent miracle of the Red Sea splitting—is…
…thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the Lord. They shall wander from sea to sea, and from north to east; they shall run to and fro, seeking…
…holds reading “protect our daughters / pass the bill”; most strikingly, a white woman holding a toilet seat lid bearing the words: “Rosa Parks did not give up her seat…
…politics. A search for origins is also always a search for meaning. In a time of political crisis such as ours, when origin narratives are especially tempting, fresh reminders of…
…point to an altogether different interpretation, namely that our dealings with the world through language and our search for meaning do not originate from mastery, but from a lack, a…
Matthew 4:12-23 12 Now when Jesus heard that John had been arrested, he withdrew to Galilee. 13 He left Nazareth and made his home in Capernaum by the sea, in…
…darkness is a vast sea. God remains our leader and guide, but we cannot see a thing. Nor is divine aid a matter of enabling our sight, however dim. We…
…for the wind was against them. 25And early in the morning he came walking toward them on the sea. 26But when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they…
…deck” moment—a long Lent season of fasting, a long Lent season of serving the Garden for a new way of life where the Garden, not humans, demands primacy. Psalm 32…