July 22, 2006
thinking about mark some more...
What is it with the rough-shod Markan narrative (kai, kai, kai) taking this moment to try (unsuccessfully?) to slow down. The great lion that is Mark...and here is the shepherd and the sheep, the compassion of Christ responding to the expressions of need and desire from those who hardly know him, who could not articulate the Nicean Creed or anything close. They simply want peace, shalom. They want their lives to be right, healthy. Breathe on me breath of God...ruach Elohim.
Then there is Paul's high theology of the church tied with this "low" relational theology. Paul preaches reconciliation. Shalom as well. Shalom is the fruit of reconciliation. For Paul, Christ breaks down the walls...temple walls even...and the world is reconciled to God and, if humanity is willing, hostility may come to an end.
God requires the heart. This is what Sister Marie told me years ago as I was fumbling through vocational strife. God requires the heart. The reconciliation is relational, always realtional.
Elohim ladrosh halib? What think you, Baruch? Elohim ladrosh *ruah*...?
I am still stumbling through the Hebrew for this. I am thinking about the command from Deuteronomy...Love the LORD your God with all your heart...and teach this to your children so that they too may remember this.
Just musing right now.
Posted by tripp at July 22, 2006 08:00 PM