All posts tagged literalism

  • Reading the Bible Right

    Reading The Bible Right
    by Brian Zahnd

    (An old poem resurfaces. It’s best read aloud.)

    It’s a STORY
    We’re telling news here
    Keeping alive an ancient epic
    The grand narrative of paradise lost and paradise regained
    The greatest “Once upon a time” tale ever told
    The beautiful story which moves relentlessly toward—
    “They lived happily ever after”

    Never, never, NEVER forget that before its anything else it’s a story Read more