Its the week after Spring Quarter and the return shelf in the library is packed full of books. Even in our digital age there is something about books...reading them, studying them, quoting from them...that feels, well, scholarly! Especially these books. Here are commentaries on scripture, books on preaching and theology. There are books that explore how how scripture would have been interpreted by early middle eastern people, and books on differing global theological perspectives on the doctrines of the Holy Spirit and salvation. Together they weave a story of research, of understanding what God has been and is up to in the world, how various groups have interpreted that, and what it means for us in our day. These books represent a journey of understanding. Having served their role they wait to be re-shelved, re-discovered and re-used by the next wave of students on their journey.
Guess I better get them back on the shelf.
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