When strangers at a party or on an airplane find out you’re in divinity school, they’ll want to tell you everything they think about God. You’re supposed to listen and nod profoundly, and you’d better not correct anything they say. You’ve signed up to be a pastoral counselor, whether you meant to or not. Perhaps […]
That towheaded boy sat In his overalls There in a circle With the others Reading from a primer And the others Would raise their hands And get up from their Little chairs there In that circle And go to the teacher And point at a word And the teacher Would quietly Say the word And […]
In this essay, Dr. Robert Sweetman considers the distinctions between devout and scholarly readings of scripture, especially in light of Micah 6:8.