Living Church Practices, Not Static Creeds
"Practice is somewhat flexible [and] allows those who practice to make adjustments and grow."
By Dr. Hal Taussig|2021-04-28T01:49:23-04:00April 28th, 2021|Tags: Christian Canon, Church, Natalie Renee Perkins, Odes of Solomon, Spirituality|
"Practice is somewhat flexible [and] allows those who practice to make adjustments and grow."
By Shirley Paulson, PhD|2021-02-07T23:30:31-05:00February 4th, 2021|Tags: Dead Sea Scrolls, Early Christian Texts, Jesus, Judaism, Mark M. Mattison, Odes of Solomon|
"Some think these Odes of Solomon are words of praise to Jesus. … But these are Jesus's praises of God, not the worship of Jesus." An Interview with Samuel Zinner, PhD, and Mark M. Mattison.
By Mark M. Mattision|2023-08-21T03:21:17-04:00January 28th, 2021|Tags: Early Christian Texts, Early Jesus Followers, Mark M. Mattison, Music, Odes of Solomon|
"Virtually unknown until ancient manuscripts began to surface in 1785, this surprising and superlative collection of odes offers a rare glimpse into the unbridled spirituality of early Eastern followers of Jesus."
By Shirley Paulson, PhD|2023-02-22T06:41:50-05:00October 26th, 2020|Tags: Jesus, Odes of Solomon|
Despite being called 'The Odes of Solomon,' implying directly that the songs (odes) are from King Solomon of Israel about a thousand years before Jesus, many of the songs in this text (if not all of them) are clearly about Jesus. Presenter: Dr. Hal Taussig (with host Shirley Paulson, PhD) Includes transcript!
By Shirley Paulson, PhD|2020-09-21T06:52:19-04:00September 3rd, 2020|Tags: Extracanonical Texts, Odes of Solomon, The Thunder Perfect Mind, Thecla|
"I saw that I was womanish. I saw myself in it…. In the feminist movement, it was about being a woman. In the womanist tradition, it’s about being a woman in community." An interview with Rev. Stephanie A. Duzant.
By Shirley Paulson, PhD|2020-06-04T08:31:23-04:00June 4th, 2020|Tags: Deb Saxon, Early Christian Texts, Natalie Renee Perkins, Odes of Solomon|
Wow! Those are some really important words, and they went by so quickly. So, how can I (a composer) stretch them, so they have more weight to them than the textual space allows? An Interview with Natalie Perkins and Deborah Saxon.
By Shirley Paulson, PhD|2020-05-28T07:43:52-04:00May 7th, 2020|Tags: Dead Sea Scrolls, Judaism, Mark M. Mattison, Odes of Solomon|
These spectacular extant texts are from an era right when there's the so-called parting of the ways between Judaism and Christianity. An Interview with Samuel Zinner, PhD, and Mark M. Mattison
By Shirley Paulson, PhD|2021-01-25T04:16:09-05:00March 26th, 2020|Tags: Early Christian Communities, Gratitude, Music, Odes of Solomon|
We’re so accustomed to reading about early Christians, but now try to imagine them singing! And today, we invite you to sing again.
By Shirley Paulson, PhD|2021-01-25T04:17:03-05:00January 23rd, 2020|Tags: Faith, Letter of Peter to Philip, Odes of Solomon, Secret Revelation of John, Sentences of Sextus, Testimony of Truth|
I understand study leads to loss of faith. But I also want to bear witness to the way this study can be the source of deeper faith and trust.
By Shirley Paulson, PhD|2021-01-25T04:07:52-05:00February 11th, 2019|Tags: Love, Odes of Solomon|
Throughout the Odes of Solomon, the writer praises the source of love that wells up and overflows into love for everything and everyone.