tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27612445.post6982714125711034825..comments2024-03-23T12:05:23.537-05:00Comments on The Wild Reed: "Who Is This Man?"Michael J. Baylyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03087458490602152648noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27612445.post-66904685027489837022011-07-18T14:18:02.603-05:002011-07-18T14:18:02.603-05:00Thanks, everyone, for your thoughtful comments.Thanks, everyone, for your thoughtful comments.Michael J. Baylyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03087458490602152648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27612445.post-22561605609428977392011-07-18T13:36:32.027-05:002011-07-18T13:36:32.027-05:00"There are no traces of fear in Jesus. He was..."There are no traces of fear in Jesus. He was not afraid of creating a scandal or losing his reputation or even losing his life." That is true. But I have to say that when I watched that series, about 10 years ago, I was so moved by the human side of Jesus which was shown for the very first time. That changed everything for me. He did experience some fear in the beginning regarding that "calling" and Jeremy Sisto explains it well when he says : "But we wanted to show him with his family and friends, as a man who must struggle with this incredible calling he has to answer. He was flesh and blood..."<br />That's what made Jesus more accessible to me and that is when I started to "feel" him. And that is the whole point with Jesus vs God : to reach mankind, to be one of our kind so we can relate to him because he was one of us, but with something more... I don't think I could have the same "relationship" with Jesus (which is a recent one) if I had not once saw the brilliant interpretation by Jeremy Sisto who carried kindness, gentleness and love so well, and gave the best possible face and personality to this vague concept of Jesus. I even think him playing that role was meant to be : if I reacted that way to this series, surely many others did...Christianenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27612445.post-82203536068590115872011-04-18T08:28:49.604-05:002011-04-18T08:28:49.604-05:00It's a delight to be reminded once again of Al...It's a delight to be reminded once again of Albert Nolan. I met him a few times when I was a young student in Cape Town. Hearing him speak on a "contextual" reading of the Gospels, against a backgroung of SA apartheid in 1972 or '73, made a profound impression on me. That was the first time I ever heard the word "contextual" applied to scripture or theology, but it became widely used in South Africa in later years.<br /><br />Today, the concept is still important to me, but the contexts I think of now are more likely to be in the issues of sexuality, family and relationships, and power relationships in the church, not in the secular world.Terence Weldonhttp://queeringthechurch.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27612445.post-15635565652773821262011-04-18T00:24:58.372-05:002011-04-18T00:24:58.372-05:00Enjoyed reading this poignant and enumerating refl...Enjoyed reading this poignant and enumerating reflection on the historical Jesus of Nazareth. Will be adding this book to my "to read list" and will look forward to the coming installments throughout this Week.Thanks for posting Michael!Phillip Clarknoreply@blogger.com