Artists’ spiritual insights
Can art help us read the Bible? Most certainly, I’d argue. Yet more compelling than an argument are actual examples. Take the story of Jesus’ visit to Mary and Martha […]
Tag Archives: Scripture
On Writer’s Block (sort of)
This last week has been brutal. Let me explain. I was in Wales on vacation (or holiday as they call it here in the UK) in a beautiful cottage on […]
Norway, the Harlem Shake, and the Bible
By now you’ve probably seen and forgotten the viral video craze that was the Harlem Shake. Unless you’ve been living in an Internet-less cave for the last 6 months, which […]
On Repetition and Meaning
To cite in one context something said by another person in another context is, in fact, to say something new.
Groundhog Day Hermeneutics
For years I showed the movie Groundhog Day to the high school students whom I taught World Religions. The movie, if you haven’t seen it, stars Bill Murray, who plays […]
Confessions of a Recovering Biblicist
“Hi, my name is Dave, and I am a Biblicist.” “Hi Dave,” reply my Bible Anonymous sympathisers. We’ve all been on quite the journey. Conservatism runs deep, and we’ve each […]
On Writing, Writings and Reading
Socrates: For, to some degree, I fear that writing has a quality that is truly like painting. For the offspring of the latter stand as though living but if one […]
Wondering Fair 