By Ched Myers
With Russell Powell. In Freedom Journeys: The Tale of Exodus and Wilderness Across Millennia. Ed. by A. Waskow and P. Berman, Philadelphia: Jewish Lights, pp. 203-210.
Full Article: Exodus Midrash in the Gospel SKU: 11-1-Pa
Lk 12:49-56 is a bit of a head scratcher, at least from a narrative point of view. But it is part of the final section of an extended teaching cycle—the longest uninterrupted discursive series in the Third Gospel.
By Ched Myers In The Bible and Liberation: Political and Social Hermeneutics, revised ed., edited by N. Gottwald and R. Horsley (Orbis, 1993), pp 428-452. 13 pp. The purpose of this chapter is to summarize the socioliterary evidence that has been yielded by my reading of the gospel text, and to organize it into a…
Danielle Strickland and James Sholl interview Ched on their “Right Side Up” Podcast, and possible Ordinary Time Zoom forum The Revised Common Lectionary takes an Eastertide detour through John’s gospel this month; I’ll resume my Lukan reflections on Ascension (week of May 26) and Pentecost Sundays (week of June 2). We then begin Ordinary Time,…
by Ched Myers Published online at http://www.wordandworld.org. 8 pp. Four decades ago Martin Luther King delivered his “Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break the Silence” speech at Riverside Church in New York City. Not only was this his most consequentialaddress (King was assassinated exactly one year later); I believe it represents the most significant public…
United Church of Canada Elaine and Ched took a brief tour of their book, Healing Haunted Histories, and shared the questions and reflections that helped to frame their exploration of family histories, and how they intersect with colonialism, and their impact on contemporary discipleship. Note: Elaine & Ched begin their comments at 4:00 and conclude…
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