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The first problem is that we cast the Bible as prescriptive. The second is that we cast ourselves with the very same objectification.
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Episode 95 of the Make Saints podcast
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This week’s gospel offers a similar teaching that sends us in a totally different direction: that we shouldn’t worry about the seed or soil.
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Some of Jesus’s most important teachings come in recognizable examples such as weeds and wheat. Distinctions which can also distort.
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The blessing passes from Abraham to Isaac to Esau to Jacob, and causes so much conflict, we ought to consider it isn’t a reward.
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The fall of Graham Platner and cynical politics is already shaping up to be a case of people learning the wrong lessons for the right reasons.
