Dagmar

“The reason Protestants have so much trouble with the Bible is because they were not given an understanding of paradox, mythology, or how literature works—which is by illusion, symbol, and story. Jesus only taught in parables. That's a strong statement, but it makes us realize he was a very different kind of teacher than most teachers in America.”
― Richard Rohr, Falling Upward, Revised and Updated: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life

“Not Anymore “Do you have any brothers and sisters?”
The teacher asked the child,
Who was new,
In our country,
And our school. He sighed so long we thought
He would never breathe again.
Then in a rush of words,
Like water going
Over the falls,
He said, I used to but not anymore because They Were killed in a war”
― Kalli Dakos, Don't Read This Book, Whatever You Do!: More Poems About School

“It is telling, and extraordinary, that in his most vulnerable moment, Jesus himself turned to the Psalms. Hanging from a Roman cross between two thieves, while his mother and loved ones watched in shock, he cried, “Eli, Eli lema sabachthani?” “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” (Matthew 27:46). It’s a cry straight from Psalm 22, the God to whom these words were first spoken, speaking them back in human form. Three days later, Jesus would rise from the dead, but in that moment, when all hope was lost and the darkness overwhelmed, only poetry would do.”
― Rachel Held Evans, Inspired: Slaying Giants, Walking on Water, and Loving the Bible Again