Another week has come and gone, so it's time to ask what's been lighting me up this week. Further to my lament last week about how I missed the days when it didn't feel like every election was a matter of life-and-death, I had a lot of fun last Saturday following the results and commentary … Continue reading What’s Lighting Me Up (May 10, 2025)
There’s an old saying in hermeneutics that “A text can’t mean what it never meant.” It’s a warning against truly novel readings of ancient texts; after all, if something has been read for two thousand years, it’s unlikely that you’re going to be the first to ‘crack the code’ ! I say ‘truly novel’ because … Continue reading Big Questions: : What do traditional readings say about the text (and the tradition)?
It’s often said that the Bible is not a book, but a library. As much as we see in it a unified message of God’s love for creation, this message is communicated in a variety of different voices: it’s a complex symphony, not a simple melody. As such, when we read a given passage, we … Continue reading Big Questions: What else do the Scriptures say about this?
I remember once hearing that one of the problems with the use of power in society is that the only people who really want power are those who want to abuse it — to “lord it over” others, as Jesus put it (Matthew 20:25). But as Jesus continues in that passage, things are supposed to … Continue reading Worthy: A Reflection on Revelation 5.11-14
Another week has come and gone, so it's time to ask what's been lighting me up this week. It was Federal election week here in Canada and the anxieties surrounding that certainly dominated the first half of the week. (I do long for the days when it didn't feel like the fate of the world … Continue reading What’s Lighting Me Up (May 3, 2025)
Matthew Root 