What's God up to?
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Among the most stimulating books I've read recently is Samuel Wells's Be Not Afraid, from which I picked up the phrase repeated several times in my current lectionary column for the Century: "What's God up to?" This is the question that counts.
In this week's Old Testament lesson, Jeremiah proclaims a new covenant. At its core is what God is forever up to: forgiving sins and creating the community of the forgiven with a calling in the world.
