Question the Text
We ask the biblical text the hardest questions because we can. It does not break, it is not offended, and it does not judge our desire for understanding. The ancient rabbis say that when we study the Bible we release God’s mercy into the world. Through midrash—intensive study, divergent perspectives, wrestling with ideas—the text continues to be created and God continues to speak to us.
The Christian Century
The Christian Century is a progressive, ecumenical magazine based in Chicago. Committed to thinking critically and living faithfully, the Century explores what it means to believe and live out the Christian faith in our time. The Century continues to inform and shape mainline Christianity and remains a voice of generous orthodoxy, both loyal to the church and open to the world.
You can view all my articles at The Christian Century. Or, here’s a list on my website.
The Hardest Question
The Hardest Question was an experiment that provided community around weekly lectionary texts to encourage preachers, teachers and students of the Bible to move beyond the obvious and the cliche. All posting is finished, but the content will continue to live here in archive form. You can discover new content by former THQ curator Russell Rathbun at Question the Text.
Emergent Village Voice on Patheos
I am topsoil + to topsoil I shall return
February 22, 2012
There is something comforting to me in the idea that I am part of the earth and will always be part of the earth. Maybe it’s rooted in my rural upbringing, where I was familiar with the dirt, and played in it, and got my hands dirty often.