Category: Religion, Philosophy, and Spirituality
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Wisdom, Public or Secret?
Proverbs 1:1-7, 20-33 – 7/29/2026 Wisdom cries out in the street; in the squares she raises her voice. Proverbs 1:20 (NRSVue) Wisdom, knowledge of how to live well, is often thought of as some kind of elusive esoteric knowledge, attainable only after long initiation, arduous study and experience, and old age. It may be true…
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Do Good. Share What You Have
Hebrews 13:1-16 – 6/9/2026 Do not neglect to do good and to share what you have, for such sacrifices are pleasing to God. Hebrews 13:16 (NRSVue) We have seen that God does not demand a blood sacrifice or a burnt offering. The way to pleasing God is not through some other creature taking on punishment…
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Dionysus and the Crucified
by Justin Marquis A Nietzsche scholar in seminary, a Christian writing a blog invoking the pagan God of wine; what exactly is going on? Nietzsche himself proposed a dynamic and even violent opposition, expressed as Dionysus versus the Crucified, between the God of wine and Christianity. Dionysus the god of subterranean, sometimes violent urges, the…
Dionysus on a Bike 