Ordinary 18A

we read biblical texts not as settled documents, but as still welcoming/requiring even more interpretation and instigating more commentary, interpretation and conversation. Their potential to provide meaning vital to the present moment is not over. These texts continue to provide/feed/nourish/ enable life/new life. That is, the very style and nature of the text “keeps its signifying power open.” These texts are another way God provides the abundance necessary for life/new life.

("In his book The Legacy of the Second World War , the historian John Lukacs honors patriotism but warns of nationalism. Many aspects of patriotism are natural, good, and even admirable. People rightly love their unique ethnic roots, foods, history, language, culture, and music. Homesickness is a compliment to the sights, sounds and smells which we love and miss when we are separated from them...")

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