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A 2023 in books

Peering into the abyss

On being offensive, and on being humble

On appreciating our governments and state officials, and on Christianity as anarchy

The state of The Layman

Brief Ruminations: Edom as Rome in rabbinic literature

Pursuing marginality

The Gardener God

Asking better questions of progress

The firstfruits of the harvest

The fruit of the Spirit and bearing God's image

Death and Taxes

What God sees and what humans see

Is “anarchism” the right word?

God's kenotic affirmation of our free will

In pursuit of Christian radicalism

Brief Ruminations: Did Joseph's brothers actually sell him into slavery?

Learning from our spiritual heritage: Roger Williams

An invitation to my crisis of faith

The Holy Spirit, a well of joy (Pt. 2)

The Holy Spirit, a well of joy (Pt. 1)

Brief Ruminations: Why did Jesus have to go before the Spirit could come?

For there is no authority except from God

"Washing the future into the sea" and the God who gathers back the waters

Brief Ruminations: The bread of life and manna from heaven

Redux: The kenotic Creator

The kenotic Creator

Brief Ruminations: Edom as a paradigm for the nations

"The authorities that exist"

"So shall your offspring be"

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