Walter Brueggemann

If you see a Brueggemann book buy it

“We may as well concede at the outset that we live, all of us, in a promiscuous, self-indulgent society that prizes autonomy. As a consequence, ‘obedience’ is a tough notion, which we settle mostly either by the vaguest of generalizations, or by confining subject matter to those areas already agreed upon.” – Walter Brueggeman His…

I’m not sure why I did not come across the writings of Walter Brueggemann as a younger man. His gift to me, and I suspect the church, is a way of phrasing things that connect not only with my head causing me to nod in agreement even as I am reading, but he causes my…

Walter Brueggemann

I first discovered the name and writings of Walter Brueggemann just about two years ago. Some of you will have been familiar with him for some time. Discovering his writing is a bit like digging up gold nuggetts. Holding them up you see that there is value there beyond the surface. Walter’s writings and particularly his prayers…