Naturally, everyone loves the metaphors of breath and wind for Pentecost. You can play with these metaphors in worship in interesting and creative ways. With prayer, with sound, with instruments, with movements. This may be a great time to try something new such as...
The scriptures are filled with marriage metaphors. These are the meat of the covenant in the Hebrew/Jewish understanding. We don’t understand Betrothal in the same way today. However, a betrothal was a binding contract, sealed with a covenant meal. And then there...
The metaphor of mountain typically symbolizes a place where one meets God. The mountaintop lies above or within the clouds, a place where reason and everyday “sight” don’t apply. Instead, the mountaintop is bathed in mystery, clouds, intensity of light, and a view of...
The metaphor of Light is a primal metaphor. It comes from the very genesis of the scriptures and appears everywhere in scripture in a multitude of forms. It is the most primal metaphor (in addition to voice) used to describe the revealed presence of God, the creative...
The scriptures are not written linearly but relationally. For this reason, we need to view the metaphors of scripture not as individual entities only with depth, but as part of a network of interconnective threads, both deep and wide. One way of finding more depth and...
The transcendentals have long been known to describe God who is beyond our comprehension in ways scarcely imaginable. God is “beautiful,” “good,” and “true.” The metaphors of scripture that weave from Genesis through Revelation embody these three conditions. God is...
