Dec 27, 2012 | Author - Brad Jersak, Author - Ron Dart
Awaiting God is a fresh translation of two of Simone Weil's works, Attente de Dieu (Waiting for God) and Lettre a un Religieux (Letter to a Priest). This edition features an Introduction by Weil's niece, Sylvie, entitle 'Simone Weil and the Rabbis:...
Dec 11, 2012 | Author - Brad Jersak
"Oh little town of Bethlehem"—will we ever see the Holy Land experience the promise of "Peace on earth, good will to men" Jesus came to bring peace to this hotbed of violence and strife. What can his followers do to live out the incarnation of...
Sep 7, 2012 | Author - Brad Jersak
Pussy Riot and the Temple Incident by Brad Jersak I’ve been asking afresh why the political and religious authorities of Jesus’ day thought it necessary to conspire in his death. What did he do or say that constituted a capital crime in their minds? It was...
Aug 18, 2012 | Author - Brad Jersak
For the past week I’ve been marinating in Kevin Miller’s Huffington Post article, “Why We Need the Language of Hell.” That bit of commentary, penned by the director of the, Hellbound? Documentary, may be the most poignant summary of humanity’s perennial need for wrath...
Jul 23, 2012 | Author - Brad Jersak
“God does no violence to secondary causes in the accomplishment of his ends.”[1] In this article, I will attempt to creatively apply a theology of the Cross or ‘divine consent’ towards a metaphorical reading of wrath back into those Scriptures that so repulse those...
