Mystery, Memoir, and Meaning

Mystery, Memoir, and Meaning

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What Is Necessary
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What Is Necessary

The Treehouse: Conversations About God

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Sep 01, 2024
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In my last post I pointed out what I believe is maybe the most important part of this whole story, and that is the “so that” part of our being created in Their image, in the image of Yahweh Elohim. It’s the aspect of obligation toward each other and toward the created world, and that obligation is one of care and tending, helping and healing, (tikkun olam = repair of the world) which to me are pretty fine definitions of love.

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