{"id":1084,"date":"2012-11-09T17:05:00","date_gmt":"2012-11-09T16:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theoillamp.co.uk\/?p=1084"},"modified":"2013-07-16T13:44:10","modified_gmt":"2013-07-16T12:44:10","slug":"one-thing-we-have-learnt-this-week-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theoillamp.co.uk\/?p=1084","title":{"rendered":"One thing we have learnt this week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I could have mentioned a quote from our book went viral on twitter, but I&#8217;m going to be more theological this week.\u00a0 This article is not new, but I only found it this week.\u00a0 Its by Walter Brueggemann and entitled \u201c<a title=\"Brueggemann- Liturgy of Abundance\" href=\"http:\/\/www.religion-online.org\/showarticle.asp?title=533\" target=\"_blank\">The Liturgy of Abundance, The Myth of Scarcity<\/a>\u201d.\u00a0 It fits in very well with our books theme.\u00a0 Using a wide range of scripture including Genesis 47 Walter Brueggemann challenges the<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> &#8220;The Myth of Scarcity&#8221; i.e. the idea we never have enough in the way of material processions. \u00a0 As it happens Genesis 47 is something that I have been reading about in my own studies this week.\u00a0 Its a little known passage (read it and you will see why) that I had not noticed until I was doing some reading for our book.\u00a0 Joseph saves Egypt from famine but a very high economic and social cost.\u00a0 As we ride down the oil peak we must ensure we use the opportunity to build a more equal society.\u00a0 Anyway the whole article is well worth a read.\u00a0 What do we regard as important?\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The original link is from the &#8220;Slow Church&#8221; blog, the link is on our Facebook page and that site is well worth a visit.\u00a0 Like us on FB.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Neil<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I could have mentioned a quote from our book went viral on twitter, but I&#8217;m going to be more theological this week.\u00a0 This article is not new, but I only found it this week.\u00a0 Its by Walter Brueggemann and entitled &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theoillamp.co.uk\/?p=1084\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-one-thing-we-have-learnt-this-week"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.8 - 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