Love Rescues
Dear Eugene, Yesterday I talked about sex and violence and the Bible and just left it at that. I intended good shock value, but I suppose I didn't get even an obliging scoff out of you, my dear seasoned pastor? There is this very ambitious recent movie , in it there is this very thoughtful passage of dialogue: K: How can you tell the difference? Can you tell if something really happened? Dr. Ana Stelline: They all think it’s about more detail. But that’s not how memory works. We recall with our feelings. Anything real should be a mess. Anything real should be a mess when we recall it. Do you believe that? I love reading the Tanakh, or what Christians call the Old Testament, but that is not always the case. Growing up in church I found the Old Testament stories grew older, triter, and staler with every retelling. To a sterilized mind the number of stories suitable for kids cannot be more than what my fingers can count anyway; not even a Dickens can kee...