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Monthly Archives: May 2008
The Comforting Whirlwind: God, Job, and the Scale of Creation
It’s partly a theology book. Partly a personal meditation. Partly a Jeremiad. Partly prophetic. That’s a lot of categories for a book just 95 pages long. Crisply written, provocatively presented, and compellingly argued, The Comforting Whirlwind by Bill McKibben offers an analogy between Job facing down the religious orthodoxy of his day, and modern-day western culture’s need to confront a … Continue reading
Journalling Job III: Big Picture
When all is said and done, this is a baffling book to me. For years I’ve settled for bits and pieces of what others have said about it, and though I’ve read it several times myself, I’ve never truly faced my bafflement. Now I’m acknowledging it. It’s a tremendously rich book, one with many doors … Continue reading
Journalling Job II: Emerging Themes
Here’s my Job journal through Chapter 20. The inadequacy — or adequacy? — of speech: Over and over again, Job’s friends chastise him for his words. Some examples: “How long will you say such things? Your words are a blustering wind.” (Bildad, 8:2) “Are all these words to go unanswered? Is this talker to be vindicated?” … Continue reading
Journalling Job
I haven’t written anything about my Bible-reading for a long time, for two reasons: one, my posts didn’t say much of anything worth saying; two, my reading has been extremely dry and dutiful. But now that I’m up to Job, I want to try writing a bit to see if it revives the dialogue between … Continue reading
Another Herd of Horse Books
Curious about what kinds of comparisons might emerge among the many horse books I’ve read to my 7-year-old daughter, I’ve started keeping track. I want to do one more post about them, then wait till a few more accumulate before doing another. One qualification: we also read books on other topics! These are ones that … Continue reading
