The Refugee

This June 20th is World Refugee Day. A day which has been set aside so that we may think in some 42 million uprooted people (1 in every 50 persons) throughout our world. Hopefully, this thinking will lead to some form of action on our part. The country that currently has [...]

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Prop 8, The Sexual Deviant, and The Bible: An Alternative Christian Interpretation

What is deviant? Deviant is anything that we deem, by our own standards of reality, not to fall into the category of “normal.” Cambridge Dictionary defines it as:
describes a person or behaviour that is not usual and is generally considered to be unacceptable.
Some past examples of deviancy in our society are: a woman voting, an [...]

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Jubilee Economics

To finish out the month of February, I think it apropos to post concerning that which has been taking up most of the news media coverage in the States this month: The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, or more commonly referred to as the 2009 economic stimulus plan.  As reports come in of the U.S. [...]

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From Anxiety and Greed to Milk and Honey

I started this blog amidst economic turmoil.  My fourth post drawing upon work from Terence E. Fretheim, was directed towards biblical economics, focusing on mana from heaven and dependence on Yahweh as opposed to building up storehouses.  Since then, the global economy has been engulfed in an economic downward spiral;  some countries’ foundations severely shaken, [...]

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Church Happenings in Tlalpan, Mexico City

Thus far into 2009 we can’t complain too much.  Though work is still slow, we’re as busy as ever.  My wife, Yuli, is now in her last semester of her master’s and will become increasingly preoccupied as she continues writing her thesis. And as soon as I finish this post I am going to start [...]

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Human Rights Day, Corruption, and Holiness

Today is Human Rights Day.  In just a few days the United Nations’ “Declaration on Human Rights” will turn 60.  As well, just two days ago the United Nations’ Anti-Corruption Day was observed.
This is observed as grim news is released throughout Latin America.  Brazil is reporting that in the past 2 years more than 9,000 [...]

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Rituals and Their Inherent Ethical Imports

This weekend I had the privelage of attending a Catholic funeral service.  It made me recall a monograph that I recently read by Mircea Eliade, The Sacred and the Profane: The Nature of Religion.
It’s amazing how the collective consciouness of our ancestors past influence us to the degree that it permeates our very being.  [...]

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Social Constructionism and Imagination as Applied to Biblical Hermeneutics

I credit my wife with making me a more learned and cultured person. In particular importance to today’s topic, she has opened my eyes through her studies of Constructionism. Today I’d like to attempt to explore how one might apply the philosophy of Constructionism to the science of Biblical Interpretation by examining an article [...]

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Si Dios permite- Lingo that Creates Realities

Now listen, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business and make money.” Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes. Instead, you [...]

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Biblical Economics: Everyday Dependence upon Yahweh

“This, then, is how you should pray:
‘Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be your name,
your kingdom come,
your will be done
on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us today our daily bread.
Forgive us our debts,
as we also have forgiven our debtors.
And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from the evil one.’” –Matthew 6:9-13
From time to time [...]

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