Volume 15, Issue 5
Pentecost: Proper 9- Proper 14
July 6, 2008- August 10, 2008

[previous issues]

I. BENCHMARKS

• A Letter from the Editor: Andrew Kille

II. AT THE WORKBENCH

Exploring the Pattern:
Themes and Motifs with Parallel Readings
and Critical Background

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Sundays after Pentecost

July 6,2008 Song of Solomon Proper 9

• Annie Dillard, The Maytrees
• Wendell Berry, Sex, Economy, Freedom and Community
• Derek Walcott, Collected Poems 1948-1984
• Judy Peres, The Chicago Tribune
• Renita Weems, The New Interpreters Bible, Vol. 5.

July 13,2008 Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23 Proper 10

• Steve Martin, Born Standing Up
• Rachel Donadio, The New York Times
• Martha Beck, Leaving the Saints
• Jana Lee Frazier, The Washington Post
• The Christian Century
• Luise Schottroff, The Parables of Jesus

July 20, 2008 Genesis 28:10-19 Proper 11

• Rumi (tr. Coleman Barks), This Longing: Poetry, Teaching Stories and Letters of Rumi
• Kabir (tr. Robert Bly), Kabir: Ecstatic Poems
• Lawrence Kushner, The Book of Words
• Naomi H. Rosenblatt and Joshua Horwitz, Wrestling with Angels: What the First Family of Genesis Teaches Us About Our Spiritual Identity, Sexuality, and Personal Relationships
• D. Andrew Kille, Jung and the Interpretation of the Bible

July 27, 2008 Matthew 13:31-33,(34-43), 44-46
Proper 12

• Wallace Stevens, The Collected Poems of Wallace Stevens
• Norah Lofts, How Far to Bethlehem?
• Herman Melville, Moby Dick
• Frederick Buechner, Listening to Your Life: Daily Meditations with Frederick Buechner
• John Dominic Crossan, In Parables: The Challenge of the Historical Jesus
• James Rowe Adams, From Literal to Literary: The Essential Reference Book for Biblical Metaphors

August 3, 2008 Isaiah 55:1-5 Proper 13

• Janet Periat, The Funny Times
• Bill Mckibben, Mother Jones Magazine
• Joan E. Cook, Hear O Heavens and Listen O Earth: An Introduction to the Prophets
• Megan McKenna, Prophets: Words of Fire

August 10, 2008 1 Kings 19:9-18 Proper 14

• Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee, The Circle of Love
• Denise Linn, The Secret Language of Signs: How to Interpret the Coincidences and Symbols in Your Life
• John J. Collins, Introduction to the Hebrew Bible
• Rami Shapiro, The Hebrew Prophets: Selections Annotated & Explained
• David J. Zucker, Israel's Prophets: An Introduction for Christians and Jews

III. SERMON SAMPLER

• Timothy Locke, "God's Employee Assistance Program"

IV. GLEANINGS

• Carolyn Craft, "Spirituality for Passionate and Rapidly Changing Times"

V. BIBLIOGRAPHY AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

VI. OUR ADVISORY COMMITTEE
AND ASSOCIATE EDITORS