Day: March 9, 2021

Poetry

Fallowing

Fallowing soil is a method of sustainable land management used by farmers for centuries . . . Arable land lies unsown,unplowed, unvisited except by noiselesscreatures going

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Poetry

Naming El Roi

Genesis 16 I stumble      in desperate      headlong flightfrom the sharp bite      of a woman     emptyof what her god has promised      enviousof what seems to be

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Poetry

The Inscrutable Name

Judges 13:18 I was out in the field     where the wheatgrows golden     in the heat of the afternoon sunwhen the grain parted     & you came

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Chased by a Train

Carol Bechtel, Professor of Old Testament at Western Theological Seminary, provides regular biblical insights on her blog.

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Blog

Christian Privilege

I remember the day I was formally introduced to my white Christian privilege. It was September 4, 2015. I was standing in the middle of

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