Nick Routledge@nick_routledge
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5/ “...The newness does not come without anguish, pain, and tears. The tears are for the last desperate destructiveness by the king to save himself. And they are for the victims of that ending because the king will not die alone; he will take with him..." Brueggemann

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Quoted by@brianmclaren 1/3 Thank you for this, Brian. Here, with respect to Palestine, the Shoah and others, Brueggemann: "The kings would do everything but grieve, for that is the ultimate criticism and the decisive announcement of dismantling. Clearly, only those who anguish will sing new songs."