“Sarah’s Choice” by Eleanor Wilner – a poem for our stalled political process
“Sarah’s Choice” is a long poem written by Eleanor Wilner. I link to it below for our politicians contemplating a…
Tag: abraham
Possessing & Sharing
It hasn’t been a very auspicious start for the fledgling Patriarch. Substantially wealthier but sufficiently chastened he leaves Egypt and…
Moral Descent
Given all that we know about the story that unfolds in the history of the descendents of Abraham, the reference…
The Tables are Turned
In Genesis 16 Sarai is in the place of Abraham, and he plays the role of the Pharaoh. In the…
The Barren Ones in Search of Newness
In Genesis 2:24 the narrator declares that a man leaves his father and mother and clings to his wife and…
How Obedient was Abraham?
‘Leave your country, your people and your father’s household and go’. Am I alone in thinking that the order of…
The Imperative of Displacement
‘So Abraham left as the Lord had told him.’ Gen 12:4 When Abraham left his land, either to complete his…
Unfinished Journeys
Who really got the call to go to Canaan? The story begins in Genesis 11:27 with the account of Terah.…
The Shadow Stories of Abraham
I’ve been re-reading the story of Abraham in recent days and been struck by the amount of the story that…
Beginnings in Genesis – A New Beginning
set out from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to Canaan Gen 11:31 To really deal with disobedience, God knows…