This week Amy and Bobby read 1 Kings 5:1-6 13-18 and 8:1-13, the story of the Temple’s construction. We think a lot about the messy intermingling of self-interest and service to God or to the good, in Solomon’s time and today, and we appreciate that while the text doesn’t comment on it, it doesn’t try to hide it, either. We see the need to be suspicious about the way that religion can be manipulated to gain political power. And we sit with the almost amusing juxtaposition of an infinite God, who dwells in a cloud, who travels the desert, coming to inhabit this incredibly grand, seemingly permanent, and deeply human structure of cedar. It is a slightly awkward but sort of sweet meeting place for humans and the divine.
Episode 221 Leaving It All Behind (Luke 5:1-11)
Episode 220 Hometown Visits are Hard (Luke 4:14-30)
Episode 219 Baptism, Danger, and Delight (Luke 3:1-22)
Episode 218 Meeting the Tween Jesus (Luke 2:41-52)
Episode 217 Simeon and Anna (Luke 2:21-38)
Episode 216 Christmas Eve SPECIAL EPISODE (Luke 2:1-20)
Episode 215 Christmas is a Revolution (Luke 1:26-56)
Episode 214 Good News to the Poor (Isaiah 61:1-11)
Episode 213 Rend Your Hearts (Joel 2:12-29)
Episode 212 In the Lions' Den (Daniel 6:1-28)
Episode 211 The Power of the Word (Jeremiah 36 and 31)
Episode 210 Encountering God (Isaiah 6:1-13)
Episode 209 The Limits of Mercy (Jonah 1, 3, & 4)
Episode 208 Day-to-Day Miracles (1 Kings 17:1-24)
Episode 207 The Davidic Covenant (2 Samuel 7:1-17)
Episode 206 Prayer and Promise (1 Samuel 1:1-20 and 2:1-10)
Episode 205 The Covenant Under Threat (Exodus 32:1-14)
Episode 204 Ritual Preparation for Liberation (Exodus 12:1-13 and 13:1-8)
Episode 204 (EXTENDED) Ritual Preparation for Liberation (Exodus 12:1-13 and 13:1-8)
Episode 203 (EXTENDED) The Complexities of Being Family (Genesis 37 and 50)
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