The book of Ecclesiastes opens in this way: The words of the Teacher, son of David, king in Jerusalem: “Meaningless! Meaningless!” says the Teacher. “Utterly meaningless! Everything is meaningless.” The word meaningless seems to go against everything we’ve heard about spiritual formation, doesn’t it? In classes, sermons and lectures, we read passages of sacred texts …
The Bible
Lest We Think It’s Not Radical, Scripture Is
Being the religious nerd that I am and one who likes to keep up with popular cultural expressions of faith, I’ve watched two documentaries of note. Namely, Christiane Amanpour’s ABC news special Back to the Beginning and the History Channel’s mini-series, The Bible. After hearing several of my clergy colleagues talking about the grave inaccuracies …
