24 min

One Doozy of a Last Line (Ps 137) - Brent Strawn In Parallel

    • Religion

What are we to make of the brutal last line in Psalm 137? ”A blessing on the one who seizes your children and smashes them against the rock!” This episode explores unspeakable events, justice, revenge, death, and ... blessing. This episode engages John Savoie’s poem ”Trimmed and Burning.”

What are we to make of the brutal last line in Psalm 137? ”A blessing on the one who seizes your children and smashes them against the rock!” This episode explores unspeakable events, justice, revenge, death, and ... blessing. This episode engages John Savoie’s poem ”Trimmed and Burning.”

24 min