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.
Select a topic to read Brueggemann posts on the subject
- Walter Brueggemann
- Biblical Commentary
- politics
- II Kings
- Kent State Shootings
- writing
- economics
- justice
- history
- written down
- Amos
- registration
- love
- Moses
- power
- wealth
- generativity
- Old Testament
- scripture
- Nixon
- heaven
- History
- greed
- Jeremiah
- capitalism
- abundance
- evil geniuses
- God's People
- book of life
- hope
- government
- Isaiah
- creation
- debt
- jubilee
- future
- coronavirus
- social crisis
- Israel
- truth
- courage
- healthcare
- hymns
- prayers
- Deuteronomy
- white supremacy
- faith practices
- George Floyd
- agriculture
- money
- generosity
- class
- prophetic imagination
- protest
- jesus
- Elijah
- leadership
- labor
- Black Lives Matter
- public life
- community
- virus
- interpretation
- economy
- advent
- Psalm
- Bible
- music
- consumerism
- neighbor
Speaking Alternatively
The speech writer had it right; we are on our own in speaking, except for images, metaphors, traditions, and familiar cadences.