Bible Stories – Blue Cereal Education

Blame

Blue Cereal — Mon, 26 Nov 2018 03:01:50 +0000

When authors repeat a theme with minor variations, they’re trying to tell you something. Great literature does it, Broadway musicals do it, even sitcoms do it. Two stories, melodies, or wacky conflicts weave around one another, each echoing and expanding the other. The parallels between this passage and the account of mankind’s initial fall are striking – as are the differences.

The right clergyman could preach a Venn Diagram of these for a straight month.

Sargon and Eve

Blue Cereal — Wed, 30 Aug 2017 10:11:13 +0000

Do you ever start off intending to write about one thing and no matter how much you try to stay on target, you keep shooting off an entirely different direction like a blog grocery cart full of one item and with a bad wheel (*squeak lurch squeak squeak lurch*) and although you’re desperately trying to … Continue reading

Missing the Old Testament

Blue Cereal — Sun, 28 Aug 2016 13:56:48 +0000

I don’t write many posts about Bible stuff, or faith in general. As incoherent as my posts may be, I try to remain tethered to topics at least remotely related to public education. Mostly, though, I’m simply not a good spokesman for Christianity – nor is that my intent here. It’s neither a sermon nor … Continue reading