Andrew Myers
@ajdmyers.bsky.social
Pastor at covenant church omaha | PhD, book of Jeremiah | Adjunct prof of HB/OT and biblical theology
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brief tribute to walter brueggemann by brent strawn for @fortresspress.bsky.social
Remembering Walter Brueggemann
Reflecting on the life and legacy of Walter Brueggemann, a towering figure in Old Testament scholarship known for his prolific and impactful literary contributions.
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June 6, 2025 at 9:58 PM
brief tribute to walter brueggemann by brent strawn for @fortresspress.bsky.social
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Someone on Threads noticed you can type any random sentence into Google, then add “meaning” afterwards, and you’ll get an AI explanation of a famous idiom or phrase you just made up. Here is mine
April 23, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Someone on Threads noticed you can type any random sentence into Google, then add “meaning” afterwards, and you’ll get an AI explanation of a famous idiom or phrase you just made up. Here is mine
A literary 🧵 in John:
Washing his disciples' feet: Jesus takes off his outer garment to serve (Jn 13.3).
At the cross: Jesus' clothing is taken away in humiliation (Jn 19.23).
At the tomb: the linen grave clothes are left folded up (Jn 20.5).
What is this, one wonders, but divine dis-clothe-sure.
Washing his disciples' feet: Jesus takes off his outer garment to serve (Jn 13.3).
At the cross: Jesus' clothing is taken away in humiliation (Jn 19.23).
At the tomb: the linen grave clothes are left folded up (Jn 20.5).
What is this, one wonders, but divine dis-clothe-sure.
April 17, 2025 at 5:36 PM
A literary 🧵 in John:
Washing his disciples' feet: Jesus takes off his outer garment to serve (Jn 13.3).
At the cross: Jesus' clothing is taken away in humiliation (Jn 19.23).
At the tomb: the linen grave clothes are left folded up (Jn 20.5).
What is this, one wonders, but divine dis-clothe-sure.
Washing his disciples' feet: Jesus takes off his outer garment to serve (Jn 13.3).
At the cross: Jesus' clothing is taken away in humiliation (Jn 19.23).
At the tomb: the linen grave clothes are left folded up (Jn 20.5).
What is this, one wonders, but divine dis-clothe-sure.
For preachers needing some literature to quote beyond Tolkien and Lewis @erinnewton.bsky.social
A list of 83 books I loved--fiction & poetry--for helping us to think theologically.
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Fiction & Poetry for Thinking Theologically
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April 16, 2025 at 12:55 AM
For preachers needing some literature to quote beyond Tolkien and Lewis @erinnewton.bsky.social
Our 3yo currently pronounces TYRANNOSAURUS REX as DINNER-WINNER REX and it is the best
March 29, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Our 3yo currently pronounces TYRANNOSAURUS REX as DINNER-WINNER REX and it is the best
In Colossians, Imago Dei and union w/ Christ come together in such wonderful ways 🤯. The letter draws on themes of fruit-bearing, increasing, filling, and more direct image-language, all related to union w/ Christ. Some observations... +
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(A re-post from X, b/c deleted and want to archive this)
March 29, 2025 at 4:39 PM
In Colossians, Imago Dei and union w/ Christ come together in such wonderful ways 🤯. The letter draws on themes of fruit-bearing, increasing, filling, and more direct image-language, all related to union w/ Christ. Some observations... +
(A re-post from X, b/c deleted and want to archive this)
(A re-post from X, b/c deleted and want to archive this)
Listening to the audiobook of Jane Mayer's 𝘋𝘢𝘳𝘬 𝘔𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘺 and, wow, she very much succeeds in making the Simpsons' Mr. Burns a recognizable historical figure.
March 7, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Listening to the audiobook of Jane Mayer's 𝘋𝘢𝘳𝘬 𝘔𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘺 and, wow, she very much succeeds in making the Simpsons' Mr. Burns a recognizable historical figure.
My goodness 2025 is off to a good start.
January 11, 2025 at 8:04 PM
My goodness 2025 is off to a good start.
20 days/20 books📚 that shaped my thinking on wisdom in Jeremiah
Day 5: This is a great collection of writings from @KatharineDell24 re-examining how we think about 'wisdom' in the OT - includes a great chapter on Jeremiah.
Day 5: This is a great collection of writings from @KatharineDell24 re-examining how we think about 'wisdom' in the OT - includes a great chapter on Jeremiah.
December 17, 2024 at 9:38 PM
20 days/20 books📚 that shaped my thinking on wisdom in Jeremiah
Day 5: This is a great collection of writings from @KatharineDell24 re-examining how we think about 'wisdom' in the OT - includes a great chapter on Jeremiah.
Day 5: This is a great collection of writings from @KatharineDell24 re-examining how we think about 'wisdom' in the OT - includes a great chapter on Jeremiah.
Day 4: A profound wrestling with the symbolic/theological ‘worlds’ on offer in the poetry and prose of Jeremiah
20 Days/20 books that deeply shaped my approach to Jeremiah
20 Days/20 books that deeply shaped my approach to Jeremiah
December 14, 2024 at 4:00 PM
Day 4: A profound wrestling with the symbolic/theological ‘worlds’ on offer in the poetry and prose of Jeremiah
20 Days/20 books that deeply shaped my approach to Jeremiah
20 Days/20 books that deeply shaped my approach to Jeremiah
Day 3: A lovely and provocative meditation on Jeremiah’s polyphony of genres from a trauma perspective
20 Days/20 books that deeply shaped my approach to Jeremiah
20 Days/20 books that deeply shaped my approach to Jeremiah
December 13, 2024 at 10:03 PM
Day 3: A lovely and provocative meditation on Jeremiah’s polyphony of genres from a trauma perspective
20 Days/20 books that deeply shaped my approach to Jeremiah
20 Days/20 books that deeply shaped my approach to Jeremiah
To celebrate imminent conclusion of dissertation work I’m going to do the 20 days/20 books thing but with books that deeply shaped my PhD work. This will be a little tribute of thanks for the amazing work of these scholars!
Day 2 then. Hard to top this one:
Day 2 then. Hard to top this one:
December 13, 2024 at 4:36 AM
To celebrate imminent conclusion of dissertation work I’m going to do the 20 days/20 books thing but with books that deeply shaped my PhD work. This will be a little tribute of thanks for the amazing work of these scholars!
Day 2 then. Hard to top this one:
Day 2 then. Hard to top this one:
As I conclude my dissertation writing I’m enjoying jumping back into a work that in a lot of ways inspired my take on wisdom in Jeremiah
December 12, 2024 at 2:35 AM
As I conclude my dissertation writing I’m enjoying jumping back into a work that in a lot of ways inspired my take on wisdom in Jeremiah
Just happened upon these moving words from Walter Brueggemann: "Like the ancient prophets we are dispatched back to the good work entrusted to us. It is the work of peace-making. It is the work of truth-telling. It is the work of justice-doing... +
December 7, 2024 at 5:29 AM
Just happened upon these moving words from Walter Brueggemann: "Like the ancient prophets we are dispatched back to the good work entrusted to us. It is the work of peace-making. It is the work of truth-telling. It is the work of justice-doing... +
I will add: reading this kind of comment I often think about the inexhaustible store of silly ideas I must also possess
Form criticism when it had reached full strength seems to have held an inexhaustible store of amusing ideas (cc'ing @andyjudd.bsky.social): "The congratulation of Psalm 1 seems to be addressed to a pilgrim cured of come illness." (a biblical scholar; translation mine)
December 6, 2024 at 9:02 PM
I will add: reading this kind of comment I often think about the inexhaustible store of silly ideas I must also possess
Form criticism when it had reached full strength seems to have held an inexhaustible store of amusing ideas (cc'ing @andyjudd.bsky.social): "The congratulation of Psalm 1 seems to be addressed to a pilgrim cured of come illness." (a biblical scholar; translation mine)
December 6, 2024 at 8:42 PM
Form criticism when it had reached full strength seems to have held an inexhaustible store of amusing ideas (cc'ing @andyjudd.bsky.social): "The congratulation of Psalm 1 seems to be addressed to a pilgrim cured of come illness." (a biblical scholar; translation mine)
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Every time I find another Twitter mutual or favorite follow pop up here, it feels like a little win. 🐦✖️➡️🟦🦋
December 3, 2024 at 2:39 AM
Every time I find another Twitter mutual or favorite follow pop up here, it feels like a little win. 🐦✖️➡️🟦🦋
In preaching Ruth for Advent I've realized how interesting it is to compare Naomi with Job. Both lose everything. Both become unrecognizable in their grief. Both assume God is to blame...
Both are restored. Why? With Job it's hard to say. For Naomi, the answer is in the steadfast love of another.
Both are restored. Why? With Job it's hard to say. For Naomi, the answer is in the steadfast love of another.
December 3, 2024 at 5:34 AM
In preaching Ruth for Advent I've realized how interesting it is to compare Naomi with Job. Both lose everything. Both become unrecognizable in their grief. Both assume God is to blame...
Both are restored. Why? With Job it's hard to say. For Naomi, the answer is in the steadfast love of another.
Both are restored. Why? With Job it's hard to say. For Naomi, the answer is in the steadfast love of another.
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11/10 recommend watching Home Alone with an 8 and 5 year old
a young boy with his mouth open and his hands on his face looks surprised
ALT: a young boy with his mouth open and his hands on his face looks surprised
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November 28, 2024 at 2:07 AM
11/10 recommend watching Home Alone with an 8 and 5 year old
Will likely be removing/shortening many footnotes to stay under word count max for the dissertation. Think I’ll just post the footnotes here.
November 29, 2024 at 6:49 PM
Will likely be removing/shortening many footnotes to stay under word count max for the dissertation. Think I’ll just post the footnotes here.
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So thankful for the enthusiastic response to my paper on a controversial subject!
I never knew that the Bible doesn’t say Bathsheba was on the roof! @carmenjoyimes.bsky.social’s ‘Take Another Look at Bathsheba’ revealed the text as a Rorschach test, exposing what readers see, and reveals what God sees—a victim of sexual violence. This paper was masterclass of exegesis.
November 21, 2024 at 2:46 PM
So thankful for the enthusiastic response to my paper on a controversial subject!
A great mail day here! Excited for this @jasonstaples.bsky.social.
November 20, 2024 at 10:00 PM
A great mail day here! Excited for this @jasonstaples.bsky.social.
I'm realizing how little my musical listening habits have developed in the last DECADE. Anyone have a recent artist or song recommendation?
In the past, I've usually bounced around between indie, folk, and alternative. But I can be fairly eclectic in what I enjoy.
In the past, I've usually bounced around between indie, folk, and alternative. But I can be fairly eclectic in what I enjoy.
November 19, 2024 at 9:40 PM
I'm realizing how little my musical listening habits have developed in the last DECADE. Anyone have a recent artist or song recommendation?
In the past, I've usually bounced around between indie, folk, and alternative. But I can be fairly eclectic in what I enjoy.
In the past, I've usually bounced around between indie, folk, and alternative. But I can be fairly eclectic in what I enjoy.
Current morning read
November 19, 2024 at 1:41 PM
Current morning read