Faithful Jews ...
Mary and Joseph, according to the law, took Jesus to be circumcised, and then they went to the temple for the Purification.
After our children are born, how do we today initiate these gifts of God into the journey of faith?
Tuesday, December 27, 2005
Thursday, December 22, 2005
Remembering the Story... or stories
The Birth of Jesus…Matthew 1:24… “ When Joseph awoke from sleep, he did as the angel of the Lord commanded him; he took her as his wife , but had no marital relations with her until she had borne a son; and he named him Jesus…”
Luke 2:6 “ … While they were there, the time came for her to deliver her child. And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in bands of cloth, and laid him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn…”
John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
John 1:14 And the Word became flesh and lived among us…
Luke 2:6 “ … While they were there, the time came for her to deliver her child. And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in bands of cloth, and laid him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn…”
John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
John 1:14 And the Word became flesh and lived among us…
Sunday, December 18, 2005
The Incarnation
Le Jour C'est Arrivee..
We enter into the final days of Advent and prepare for the celebration of the entry of our God into our humanity.
We enter into the final days of Advent and prepare for the celebration of the entry of our God into our humanity.
Thursday, December 01, 2005
More Midrash and Stories of Women and Torah
I recommend to all another book that sets a focus on women in the Bible as reflecting and being reflected by contemporary stories. The author is Marsha Mirkin, Ph.D., a clinical psychologist and resident scholar at Brandeis University Women’s Studies Research Center.
Mirkin has studied Torah since her early student days. She relates the stories of biblical women in their relationship to their families and the critical events that arise. The approach Mirkin takes is a contemporary ‘Midrash’.
For example, in the story of Abraham and Sarah and Hagar and Ishmael, Mirkin says, “… When God said ‘listen’ to Sarah’s voice, Abraham thought God meant obey and went into action mode by expelling Hagar and Ishmael. But, as I tell many of the heterosexual couples with whom I work, ‘Men might believe in the statement ‘don’t just sit there, do something;’ but women often need you to ‘don’t just do something, sit there’!”
P. 39 The Women Who Danced by the Sea
Mirkin has studied Torah since her early student days. She relates the stories of biblical women in their relationship to their families and the critical events that arise. The approach Mirkin takes is a contemporary ‘Midrash’.
For example, in the story of Abraham and Sarah and Hagar and Ishmael, Mirkin says, “… When God said ‘listen’ to Sarah’s voice, Abraham thought God meant obey and went into action mode by expelling Hagar and Ishmael. But, as I tell many of the heterosexual couples with whom I work, ‘Men might believe in the statement ‘don’t just sit there, do something;’ but women often need you to ‘don’t just do something, sit there’!”
P. 39 The Women Who Danced by the Sea
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