A Book of Love for Everyone: Part 1, The Varieties of the Ostrich Option

In the Introduction to The Book of Love I describe how I wanted to write a book that would surprise both conservative and progressive readers of the Bible. As you might expect, that was not an easy task! Here's how I described our situation: Our problem is that we read the Bible from within our echo chambers. We are no longer surprised by Scripture. And books about how to read the Bible preach to…