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Wondering
Frederick Buechner in his book “Peculiar Treasures”, gives us a glimpse of the two brothers in our scripture for this week. Read through his descriptions below and allow yourself to wonder about Jacob and Esau. Where do you see Grace? How might you frame a story like this in your own family? How are doing good and doing harm linked? Jacob: The book of Genesis makes no attempt to conceal the fact that Jacob was, among other things, a crook.…
The Trickster
“The Trickster may work as a kind of outlet for strong emotions or actions in which humans may not indulge….despite his or her flaws the Trickster often represents the introduction of good things to society.” (from Barbara Babcock) Learn more here: http://www.faculty.de.gcsu.edu/~mmagouli/trickster.htm For some it is uncomfortable to consider the role “Trickster” in the story of Jacob and Esau. We want a hero and a villain in which to place our security and our blame. Life falls into these neat categories only…
Toward Sunday
We conclude our worship series on The World Cup and turn our attention to Marion Grau, a German theologian who teaches in Berkeley at Church Divinity School of the Pacific. Grau’s writing invites us critical rethinking of binary concepts that have dominated much of Western Christian thought. Outline for World Cup June 15: Genesis 1.1-2.4a (Brazil – Ivone Gebara) June 22: Genesis 22.1-14 (Ghana – Mercy Amba Oduyoye) June 29: Genesis 21.8-21 (Croatia – Miroslav Volf) July 6: Romans 7.15-25a (USA – George Tinker) July 13: Genesis 25.19-34 (Germany – Marion Grau) Think…