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 1/15/25 Dr. Walter Brueggemann 1/15/25

Fathers and Sons: Gifts and Grievances

A defining claim in our common life, and therefore defining subject for gospel reflection, is the alienation and hoped-for reconciliation between fathers and sons.

Dr. Walter Brueggemann 9/27/23 Dr. Walter Brueggemann 9/27/23

Reflections of My Childhood

It occurs to me that this deep conviction of God’s providential care (that as instanced for me by my dad) is best sung, because it does not conform to our conventional adherence to patterns of “cause and effect.” That is, it dwells outside of our common rationality and invites us to think in alternative categories.