Peter S. Hawkins
Peter S. Hawkins teaches at Yale Divinity School. His books include Dante's Testaments: Essays in Scriptural Imagination (Stanford University Press).
In the late 70s, two friends of mine housesat for the poet James Merrill—and got out his Ouija board.
The Gospels show Jesus as prophet, teacher, and miracle worker. But most intriguingly, they depict him as a storyteller--one who could not only draw a crowd but keep it riveted.
I have no idea what it would mean to be a shepherd, let alone someone who would abandon 99 sheep to go looking for a single stray.
What is Jesus thinking when he tells the parable of the dishonest steward?
James calls Abraham a “friend of God.” In this week’s reading from Exodus, Moses presumes upon a similar divine friendship to offer God advice.
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