Sunday Devotions: The Problem of Human Exceptionalism

Genesis 1-2, Psalm 148, Romans 8, Isaiah 11

It’s not quite what Karl Barth said originally, but I do like the notion that Christians should read the Bible with one hand and the newspaper with another. In that spirit, let me break from the lectionary for a week, since the latter source pulled my attention towards another theme in the former.

First, the newspaper — or something like it. Yesterday mo…