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This week we’re reading one of the most difficult passages in all of scripture, the story of the near-sacrifice of Isaac in Genesis 21:1-3 and 22:1-14. After years of waiting, Sarah and Abraham have finally received Isaac, the child promised to them by God. But almost as soon the promise is fulfilled, God commands Abraham to take the boy up on a mountain and offer him as a sacrifice. We feel for Abraham, whose devotion to God sets him at odds with his devotion to his family, wondering how we might navigate the tensions between faith and family. And we wonder about this God, who demands sacrifice but relents in the end. Is this a moment where God chooses relationship over obedience, a new way of being God in the presence of the other? And seeing Abraham’s apparent willingness to offer Isaac on the mountain, we wonder: what exactly are we willing to sacrifice our children for?
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