Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Loving With All Our Minds

I read the Torah as Jews have read it and loved it for centuries. For example, I can tell you what is the middle word in the Torah. I can tell you what is the middle letter in the Torah. Over the generations Jewish scholars have read the Torah not as a novel to see how it ends, but as a love letter. For instance, "Why did he use this word instead of that word?" "Why is there a space here?" "Why a comma here instead of a period?" That's the way you read a love letter and wonder, "What did he or she mean by this word?" We Jews have seen the Torah as not just a book of stories or law codes, but as a love letter from God. --Rabbi Kushner

In the wake of my Sunday sermon, "The Greatest Love is Mindful," Wendy has suggested that we talk with each other about what it might mean to love Jesus with our minds. I think it's a great suggestion worthy of our dialogue.
I remembered this wonderful quote from Rabbi Kushner. And I was thinking: As Christians, what might it mean for us to experience Jesus, the "Living Word," as a Love Letter from God?

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