24 Michael Card on Hesed: How Kindness Heals the World

People often say, God is love. But when you think of God’s love, what does that mean to you?My guest is Michael Card, author of the new book Inexpressible: Hesed and the Mystery of God’s Lovingkindness. Card calls hesed the “greatest sacramental word in the Hebrew Bible.” It’s an untranslatable word that defines an inexpressible mystery. We have no English word to adequately describes hesed, yet it’s a word that God uses to describe himself. It’s an incredibly transformational word. Mike and I talk about how hesed changes us and how it heals our world.Michael Card is a well beloved author and songwriter. You may have heard his classic songs Immanuel or El Shaddai. You may even have some of his thirty-one albums! But did you know that he is also a prolific author and biblical scholar? He has written or contributed to more than twenty-four books.He is a graduate of Western Kentucky University with a bachelor's and master's degree in biblical studies. He also teaches the bible in a variety of settings and he serves as mentor to many younger artists and musicians. Michael Card lives in Franklin Tennessee with his wife and four children.Links: www.michaelcard.comPurchase Inexpressible: Hesed and the Mystery of God’s Lovingkindness at https://www.ivpress.com/inexpressibleListen to the companion album: To the Kindness of God at https://amzn.to/2VB28DSListen to Michael Card's podcast In the Studio: https://www.michaelcard.com/inthestudioRegister for the MissioAlliance Rountable Book Discussion on C Christopher Smith's Book: How the Body of Christ Talks (https://www.missioalliance.org/resource/roundtable-book-discussion-how-the-body-of-christ-talks)Special thanks to Michael Card for the generous use of his music that you heard in this episode:The Shelter of the ShadowI Will Be KindJob SuitePrelude 128My Help (Psalm 121)That Kind of LoveWhen Dinah Held My HandMeditation 4 SelahPoem of Your Life