Yahweh

Reflections on Exodus 3: Moses and the burning bush, I Am Who I Am

Aurora Leigh (excerpt – 1856) — Elizabeth Barrett Browning Earth’s crammed with heaven, And every common bush afire with God: But only he who sees, takes off his shoes, The rest sit round it, and pluck blackberries, And daub their natural faces unaware…. SONGS about MOSES and BURNING: Go Down, Moses by Louis Armstrong (Gospel): […]

Meditations on Independence and Bondage for July 4th Weekend

Reflections as we approach July 4th weekend: who is free, who is not free? Themes of spiritual freedom versus civic freedom … pondering Abraham’s obedience to Yahweh, willingness to sacrifice a child, the merciful intervention that freed him from such an act. What is asked of us? What is offered to us? My father always […]

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