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Amanda Benckhuysen

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How Do We Describe God?

What if, as biblical scholar Walter Brueggemann suggests, the primary category for understanding the character of God is not transcendence or omnipotence, but covenant relationship?

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No More Hectic Vacations

At the center of an economy of neighborliness is not frenzy, fatigue, and fear, but gratitude, rest, and trust, attitudes and postures that are cultivated

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Lament as Protest and Hope

Lament arises from the disorientation we experience in the face of suffering and grief, wondering why God has not acted on our behalf.

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A Holy and Subversive Imagination

My hope, in this series of blogposts, is not only to honor Brueggemann’s legacy, but also, using Brueggemann’s work, to brainstorm together what we as

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What’s Next

It is the day after the US presidential election. Votes have been cast. The polls have closed. At the time of writing, the results remain

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Resisting a Return to Normal

Today is tax day. This isn’t the typical time to file taxes. We are much more accustomed to submitting tax returns in the Spring. But

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Telling the Covid-19 Virus Story

As I write this, my two teenagers are “zooming” their classmates and friends and working away at the assignments their teachers have given them during

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The Power of Love

Today is Christ the King Sunday, that day at the end of the liturgical calendar when we celebrate Christ’s lordship over all of creation. I

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