Walk Into the Text

When the Rabbi’s read they walk into the text. They bring themselves to it and step across the edge of the scroll, jump up onto its body, bouncing a little, believing it will hold their weight. And...

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When Job doesn’t Jibe with Reality

by Carol Howard Merritt

Old Testament Reading: Job 42:1-6, 10-17

For Sunday, October 28, 2012: Year B—Ordinary 30

I saw the young man in the fall. He looked like a well-equipped urban hiker, getting...

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This is Not an Answer

by Mark Stenberg

Old Testament Reading: Job 38:1-7

For Sunday, October 21, 2012: Year B—Ordinary 29

If you consider Job a formal theodicy that gives definitive, systematic answers about evil, Satan,...

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When Whirlwinds Speak

I know I’m in trouble when God calls me a pansy.

by Mike Baughman

Old Testament Reading:  Job 3:1-11

For Sunday, June 24, 2012: Year B—Ordinary 12

For my undergraduate education I went to Duke...

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