The Psalms aren’t generally the first place we think to look in the Bible for a political vision, perhaps because they are so often used as a source of private consolation or words of praise […]
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The Challenge of the Prophets
Welcome to the first installation of this year’s Vacation Bible School! Over the next several weeks, Daily Theology will be bringing you all things bible. Make sure to check back regularly for a variety of […]
Vulnerable Mercy: Sharing the Mind of Christ
At times I’ve wondered what it would have been like to be on the receiving end of one of Paul’s epistles. I imagine a variety of responses: the flurry of excitement and anticipation over what […]
Believing and Acting with Mercy in 1 John
At first glance, the search for mercy in the Johannine letters ends quickly. Of the three letters attributed (almost certainly inaccurately) to the apostle John, the second refers to mercy in its opening salutation of […]
Many Prophetic Voices, One Merciful God
By Michelle Marvin I have no memory of the details of my baptism, because it took place at infancy. Yet through the preservation and continuation of Catholic tradition, I know what was said during those […]
“How Can We Keep From Singing?”: Mercy and the Book of Psalms
There is no human practice or ritual more universal than making music. Before children start talking, they are singing—babbling, humming, tapping and banging on tables, dancing. We are music makers as much as we are […]
Vacation Bible School: The Merciful God of David
Mercy is borne in conditions of brokenness and is itself a breaking open of the self. God’s mercy and the human mercy that it inspires appear repeatedly throughout the bible and figure famously in the […]
Theological Grudge Match: The God of Mercy vs. The Book of Job
One of the most significant moments of my undergraduate studies came reading Dante’s Purgatorio with philosophy professor Francis Ambrosio. Beginning canto IX, we found Dante asleep as a star-lit night falls on Mount Purgatory. St. […]
Creation: A Merciful Conspiracy
The Book of Genesis opens with the story of creation told in two different ways. The first, Genesis 1 – 2: 3, tends to be better known, and it quickly works into a nice pattern: […]
Vacation Bible School: Mercy Edition
Vacation Bible School: July 6 – August 20 Join Daily Theology throughout July and August for Vacation Bible School: Mercy Edition. We’ll be preparing for the upcoming Year of Mercy by exploring the theme […]
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