the holy riddler

Mighty, majestic, awesome. Gracious, loving, kind. Such descriptors for God are common, and rightly so. But how many of us would add “playful” to the list? How many of us think of God as the One who toys with us—the holy riddler?

“Son of man,” God commands Ezekiel, “give this riddle, and tell this story to the people of Israel”…