Old Testament Wisdom Poets Course Notes by Stephen Hague 2021

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Old Testament Prophets course notes by Stephen Hague 2021

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Vox populi and the postmodern tourist

forming a voice of identityon the productsof our purchase today,a pilgrimage to find a godon our terms– rebranded –who will nottake noticeof us– tourists of the sacred –but who will enhance uson our journey,a personal spiritual trainerin liturgies  and sacraments of consumption.When all else fails,we shop to be I amfor a – rebaptized – deitythat …

A rhetoric of woe

Truth singssometimes dances, tooit laughs and neverpretends toeven when it mocks usimage-makershell-benton tellinguntrue storiesin litaniesof propositions,dirgesthat do not delight. Truth is a Comicmessing aroundwith the most cherishedsomber masters of our sorrowsunmasking themwith frivolous pranks, frolics, and japesto free usfrom Myopiawhich meetsat the Grand Inquisitionof joywhen God says,'It isall good.'

An enigma

I found this in an old book. Can you unriddle it? page 1 page 2

MY HEART-ENCOUNTER WITH C19 IN AFRICA

(Stephen T. Hague July, 2021) my-heart-encounter-with-c19Download At the recommendation of Joel Leininger (who probably saved my life from C19 by sending me an O2 Oximeter), I share the following story . . . “Prove me, O LORD, and try me;test my heart and my mind.” Ps 26:2 As they were about to wheel me very briskly …

Alphabets of the earth’s architecture

Reading the ABCs from https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/features/ABC Space (nasa.gov) Trusting the architecturenot the Architectthe structurenot the Presencethe archetype not the Antitype.The alphabets of the earth’s architecturespell disenchantment with disenchantment- to turn the phrase -the re-enchantment of the secularto envision the modern poem or paintingas not reductive nor a theoretical constructto deconstruct the Amalgamthe epic of the urban …

Kintsugi: “Chemical Hearts”

Kintsugi Art courtesy of Morty Bachar (www. Lakesidepottery.com) Wemended broken potterywith seams of goldthe stiches to patchworkand awoke to the choir of bird-songbridges in the fog the mistmoving on from the scars so far beyondthe stars of falling formsthe rains the steaming rains– to move to let go –to where there is no pain.To love, …

To Those Burning Our Cities: lessons in Class-Woke-War

When the Objectiveis Solidarity in Equality,then the irrepressible means to abolish all classis war between the Bourgeoisie and the Peasantrythe Exploiters have and the Exploited have-nots– irreconcilable –as history tells us, all war is history, all history is warto free themselves from class-ruleby abolishing class through reeducationor by removing the heads of those who own …

The Shepherd-King of Ps 23 and the gospel

For printable version click here. Psalm 23:1-6  A psalm of David.The LORD is my shepherd,I shall not be in want. 2 He makes me lie down in green pastures,he leads me beside quiet waters, 3 he restores my soul.He guides me in paths of righteousnessfor his name's sake. 4 Even though I walk through the valleyof the shadow …