We Who Wrestle With God - Perceptions Of The Di...

Central to the book is the idea that human perception itself is an act of sacrifice—choosing to focus on one thing (the "aim") while sacrificing everything else. Key Perceptions of the Divine in Biblical Narratives

We who wrestle with God today know this limp. It is the ache of unanswered prayer, the scar of doubt after a tragedy, the fatigue of trying to hold onto belief in a culture that has declared God dead or irrelevant. Yet that very limp is proof that the struggle was real. You cannot be wounded by a phantom. We Who Wrestle with God - Perceptions of the Di...

Just as the obituary for God was being finalized, a strange thing happened. The existentialists and the post-Holocaust theologians realized that Nietzsche had missed a crucial detail. If God is dead, then who is bleeding? The 20th century gave birth to a new perception: the . Central to the book is the idea that

So, as you finish this article, look at your own hip. Does it ache? Have you been thrown? Have you held on through the long night of addiction, grief, or betrayal? If so, take heart. You are in good company. You belong to the lineage of Jacob. Yet that very limp is proof that the struggle was real