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> [And when we take ourselves too seriously, we are grim about the brothers and sisters, especially the dissenting ones, and there will be no health in us and no healing humor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-brueggemann/and-when-we-take-ourselves-too-seriously-we-are-grim-about-the/)

[Walter Brueggemann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-brueggemann/)

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## More by Walter Brueggemann

> [“In the end, ethical interpretation of the Bible means to think critically about how our practices of textual engagement might help us to become…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-brueggemann/in-the-end-ethical-interpretation-of-the-bible-means-to-think/)

[Walter Brueggemann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-brueggemann/)

> [The world for which you have been so carefully prepared is being taken away from you, by the grace of God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-brueggemann/the-world-for-which-you-have-been-so-carefully-prepared-is-being/)

[Walter Brueggemann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-brueggemann/)

> [Every imperial agent wants to reduce what is possible to what is available.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-brueggemann/every-imperial-agent-wants-to-reduce-what-is-possible-to-what-is/)

[Walter Brueggemann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-brueggemann/)

> [“The outcome is to delegitimize and deconstruct the kings in effective ways in order to show that while they occupy the forms of power,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-brueggemann/the-outcome-is-to-delegitimize-and-deconstruct-the-kings-in-effective/)

[Walter Brueggemann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-brueggemann/)

> [The church meets to imagine what our lives can be like if the gospel were true.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-brueggemann/the-church-meets-to-imagine-what-our-lives-can-be-like-if-the-gospel/)

[Walter Brueggemann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-brueggemann/)

> [“Pharaoh is clearly a metaphor. He embodies and represents raw, absolute, worldly power. He is, like Pilate after him, a stand-in for the whole…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-brueggemann/pharaoh-is-clearly-a-metaphor-he-embodies-and-represents-raw-absolute/)

[Walter Brueggemann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-brueggemann/)

> [“The news enacted by Elisha is reperformed by Jesus. It is, subsequently, performed in many other venues, sometimes by the followers of Jesus, sometimes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-brueggemann/the-news-enacted-by-elisha-is-reperformed-by-jesus-it-is-subsequently/)

[Walter Brueggemann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-brueggemann/)

> [People notice peacemakers because they dress funny. We know how the people who make war dress - in uniforms and medals, or in computers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-brueggemann/people-notice-peacemakers-because-they-dress-funny-we-know-how-the/)

[Walter Brueggemann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-brueggemann/)

> [“Only those who embrace the reality of death will receive the new life. Implicit in his statement is that those who do not mourn…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-brueggemann/only-those-who-embrace-the-reality-of-death-will-receive-the-new-life/)

[Walter Brueggemann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-brueggemann/)

> [“The truth that is variously enacted by such agents is not an idea or a proposition. It is rather a habit of life that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-brueggemann/the-truth-that-is-variously-enacted-by-such-agents-is-not-an-idea-or/)

[Walter Brueggemann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-brueggemann/)

> [“The same subversion of power by truth is evident in the way in which Luke begins his account of Jesus of Nazareth. Luke is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-brueggemann/the-same-subversion-of-power-by-truth-is-evident-in-the-way-in-which/)

[Walter Brueggemann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-brueggemann/)

> [We now know that human transformation does not happen through didacticism or through excessive certitude, but through the playful entertainment of another scripting of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-brueggemann/we-now-know-that-human-transformation-does-not-happen-through/)

[Walter Brueggemann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-brueggemann/)

> [“It occurs to me that the situation of the church in our society, perhaps the church everywhere always, is entrusted with a truth that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-brueggemann/it-occurs-to-me-that-the-situation-of-the-church-in-our-society/)

[Walter Brueggemann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-brueggemann/)

> [The gospel is fiction when judged by the empire, but the empire is fiction when judged by the gospel.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-brueggemann/the-gospel-is-fiction-when-judged-by-the-empire-but-the-empire-is/)

[Walter Brueggemann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-brueggemann/)

> [Hope requires a very careful symbolization. It must not be expressed too fully in the present tense because hope one can touch and handle…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-brueggemann/hope-requires-a-very-careful-symbolization-it-must-not-be-expressed/)

[Walter Brueggemann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-brueggemann/)

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