Job
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October 6, Ordinary 27B (Job 1:1, 2:1–10)
The primary biblical text that addresses human suffering is a comedic folktale. How are we meant to process this?
The wisdom of not knowing
The information age feels like an all-you-can-eat buffet. I’m stuffed.
The wisdom of not knowing
The information age feels like an all-you-can-eat buffet. I’m stuffed.
A Job who’s read Job
Poet Michael Shewmaker imagines a suffering Christian in Kilgore, Texas, with three unhelpful friends.
A Job who’s read Job
Poet Michael Shewmaker imagines a suffering Christian in Kilgore, Texas, with three unhelpful friends.
God’s first worst enemy
Before Satan, there was the biblical sea monster Leviathan.
God’s first worst enemy
Before Satan, there was the biblical sea monster Leviathan.
The book of Job is a parody
Sometimes I picture its author looking down at us and shaking his head.
The book of Job is a parody
Sometimes I picture its author looking down at us and shaking his head.
The book of Job is a parody
Sometimes I picture its author looking down at us and shaking his head.
The book of Job is a parody
Sometimes I picture its author looking down at us and shaking his head.
The book of Job is a parody
Sometimes I picture its author looking down at us and shaking his head.
The book of Job is a parody
Sometimes I picture its author looking down at us and shaking his head.
The book of Job is a parody
Sometimes I picture its author looking down at us and shaking his head.
A rabbi’s poetic wrestling with faith after the Shoah
In Yehiel Poupko’s poems, Jewish belief in God groans under the burden of divine silence.
A rabbi’s poetic wrestling with faith after the Shoah
In Yehiel Poupko’s poems, Jewish belief in God groans under the burden of divine silence.
Job’s search for a just court (Job 23:1-9, 16-17)
He yearns to be able to lay his case before God.
Job scrapes for answers (Job 1:1, 2:1-10)
It is as if every person who asks why bad things happen to good people takes a potsherd and starts scraping.
October 17, Ordinary 29B (Job 38:1-7, 34-41)
I don’t want to hear any more from Eliphaz, Bildad, or Zophar. I want answers.
October 17, Ordinary 29B (Job 38:1-7, 34-41)
I don’t want to hear any more from Eliphaz, Bildad, or Zophar. I want answers.