Walter Brueggemann Column

Church Anew was honored to host Walter Brueggemann as our featured columnist from 2020 through 2025. May this archive of his powerful and reflective writings continue to inspire, energize, guide, and comfort you.

Dr. Walter Brueggemann 6/18/20 Dr. Walter Brueggemann 6/18/20

Mrs. Thompson's Call for Honest Grief

Dr. Walter Brueggemann 6/11/20 Dr. Walter Brueggemann 6/11/20

Is Anything Impossible for God? (Genesis 18:1-15)

Dr. Walter Brueggemann 6/10/20 Dr. Walter Brueggemann 6/10/20

God's Neighborly Economy

Dr. Walter Brueggemann 6/5/20 Dr. Walter Brueggemann 6/5/20

God's Stunning Reversal

God hears. God sees. God knows. God is moved.

Dr. Walter Brueggemann 5/27/20 Dr. Walter Brueggemann 5/27/20

How Long Is “A Moment”?

The duration of divine abandonment is “for a moment.” Not long at all!

Dr. Walter Brueggemann 5/21/20 Dr. Walter Brueggemann 5/21/20

Abandoned! A Pastoral Word from Walter Brueggemann

Scriptural messages for people of faith during this long COVID-19 season.

Dr. Walter Brueggemann 5/13/20 Dr. Walter Brueggemann 5/13/20

How Long? Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Prophets in a Pandemic

In our moment of crisis with the virus, we have a choice: illusionary expectation or hope-filled realism.

Dr. Walter Brueggemann 5/7/20 Dr. Walter Brueggemann 5/7/20

Quarantine Fatigue or Sabbath Rest: A Reflection on Psalm 31

Are you feeling more Promethean time or Covenantal time as you shelter in place?

Dr. Walter Brueggemann 4/6/20 Dr. Walter Brueggemann 4/6/20

Holy Week 2020: Until the Dancing Begins Again

How do Jeremiah’s powerful messages correlate with God’s people in our COVID-19 world?

Dr. Walter Brueggemann 4/1/20 Dr. Walter Brueggemann 4/1/20

God's New Thing

Is God with us in the COVID-19 crisis?
(Isaiah 43:18-19)