Professor Norton once told a group of us gathered for a conference that one of the words for prophet in Hebrew is nabi, which means “someone who causes things to bubble up.” This definition strikes me as profoundly important. Not the loudest voice in the room, not the one screaming about problems or coming up with quick and easy solutions that cost people little and change nothing about power. Instead, a prophet is someone who helps ensure that the truth comes to light, that what is hidden in the depths of our hearts and in our social, political, economic, and theological systems comes to the
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