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Walter Brueggemann

@waltbrueggemann

prophetic imaginer

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What is required is that we see the Ten Commandments as policy statements for the management of public resources among us in which the public has access to and benefit from public goods. churchanew.org/brueggemann/du…

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May we be constantly astonished by the self-giving of God who as father begets the world in love, who as a mother sets a table of generosity before us as we receive the bread of life and the overflowing cup of blessing. churchanew.org/brueggemann/fa…

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Neighborliness, generosity, and imagination never stop because we are enveloped in a goodness that defies all of our measurements and calculations. So we sing, and love and give and imagine in both gladness and in defiance. churchanew.org/brueggemann/wh…

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It is a scandal indeed, in such a context of predatory capitalism, to insist upon the dignity, security, and wellbeing on offer for the nonproductive. churchanew.org/brueggemann/no…

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We are on our own in speaking, except for images, metaphors, traditions, and familiar cadences. We are always on our own in such matters; but we draw on a rich legacy of the poets who have preceded us. churchanew.org/brueggemann/sp…

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The church meets regularly to confess and affirm that we know the name and character of the one who effectively manages chaos and who creates viable life-space for our creaturely enterprise. churchanew.org/brueggemann/in…

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When we learn to reread the Bible, we will inescapably learn to read our own national history with more discerning eyes. churchanew.org/brueggemann/re…

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Consumerism is a life of restlessness without end, satisfaction, or satiation. Alternatively we find our rest in the goodness of God... churchanew.org/brueggemann/in…

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In the end, human actors are answerable for “every deed.” No exemptions are on offer, not even for the rich and powerful. churchanew.org/brueggemann/di…

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Together, we must tear down walls, following Bartimaeus, civil rights activists, and Peter, toward a vision of accessibility that includes us all. churchanew.org/brueggemann/ac…

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Any who seek to usurp our common good, generously given by God, for their own private usage will soon or late come to failure and futility. churchanew.org/brueggemann/co…

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So much of our practice has been aligned with established power, so that the claims of privilege and priority have been enveloped in much of our liturgical practice. churchanew.org/brueggemann/vi…