As I listen along, what is so striking is how what you and Mr. Kotar are discussing so parallels the kinds of things I often am trying to share with my congregational students and adults alike as we are wrestling with Biblical texts... The power of the stories isn't just that they happened (or believed to have been) but that for those who have carried these stories across time is that they are happening. The encounter with the word and narrative is an invitation to see how we ourselves are participating in the story unfolding among us. The invitation seems to be that we are meant to interact with them and not just observe them in very similar way to what I heard you discussing.

I find myself wondering how we could recover the power of narrative and history from the state it has largely devolved into as I look around and as I heard you both discussing. I wonder if part of how we treat history and narrative as we do is a reflection of our difficulty in being in robust relationships or if it is the other way around... which follows which? I really am not sure.

This was a captivating watch. Thank you to you both for doing this and putting it up. Again great food upon which to chew.

"Time doesn't matter..."

And just when I thought I could conclude... you two started talking about the "euchatastrophe..." good lord you guys take us for a ride... listening in and its almost like preaching the kind of "good news" you offer up as you use the vehicle of narrative and exchange to invite another frame with which we might engage our world. Just so good.

from one who can but hope to be a "hobbit" some day, I say thank you again.
Peace
Eric