I’ve been thinking recently – for most of the summer, I think – about how forgetful we can be. Not only in the day-to-day things (go ahead and ask me on any given day what I ate for dinner the day before; I most likely won’t be able to tell you), but perhaps most especially…
Tag: Deuteronomy
Remember
I’ve reached the book of Judges in my personal reading schedule, and if there’s ever a time when it seems like things are going off the rails for the Israelites, it’s here. Someone, particularly whom I can’t recall, described reading a particular author (Thomas Hardy) as watching a car accident happen in slow motion and…
Brought Near
“Bow down and worship, righteous seer: / The Lord our God is here / Approachable, Who bids us all draw near.” – Christina Rossetti, Epiphany* It “just so happened” that I was reading Ezekiel, Hebrews, and portions of Leviticus and Deuteronomy at the same time shortly before the end of the year. That convergence of…