Imperatives: Do this, do that! - PDF

As we examine the grammar of faith, we look at imperatives – simply understood here as commands – and see how the ten commandments work in the Biblical narrative (and how the great commandment of Jesus sits alongside). What would these commandments look like if reframed as optatives – hopes and longings – and how would we respond if we really believed that God would pitch his tent among us if we cleaned up the neighborhood in alignment with these hopes and longings?