Is there a better question to ask about the man born blind? The disciples saw the man and from their world of transcendent-enchantment asked, “Who sinned?” The assumption is that it must be the man or his parents. In our world of immanent-disenchantment we ask, “Who’s to blame?” We use frameworks like meritocracy and victimhood …
Before exploring where we ended last time before we consider how the man born blind uses his freedom, it is important to reflect more on life in the void. This is especially true for those born into the void who never experienced an early return to presence. This topic is important to me because, as …
“Then how were your eyes opened?” Much like, “Who sinned?” the question binds itself to one way of seeing the world. The man is transformed, but his transformation holds little sway in the crowd. Given that they soon bring the man to the religious leaders of the day, it is clear that they recognize the …
Last time we left off with the claim that an embrace of meritocracy is one of two primary ways we 21st Century Americans like to answer the question, “Who sinned?“ It is a question that is really about blame. We need to know who is at fault? While in an ancient world built on transcendent …
A few weeks ago when Peter asked if I would preach on Palm Sunday he said, “You remember that story right?” I smiled and said, “Isn’t that the one where they broke out some leaf and Jesus almost got stoned off his ass?” Now, I can imagine there’s a lot of confusion in the room …