Moses can't lead alone; neither can Aaron lead alone. Together, always, we can do and proclaim God's love.
Shiphrah and Puah's names were passed down through history because, in the face of Pharoah's terrible and unpredictable anger, they found a way to nonetheless save the children they were…
Joseph, the unlikely tax collector, shows us how we can manage the challenges of the world only collectively, and never individually.
Joseph's brothers convince themselves that the world will go back to the way it was before him if only they can eliminate him. But the world changes in unexpected ways.
Jesus's sermon on the mount includes Christianity's most famous prayer. As we pray it, think about what it says about what we need to build the sovereign realm of God…
Too often, we do not recognize violence we support as violence nonetheless. Following Jesus means de-escalating the force and violence of a situation. Always.
The Book of Eccelsiastes contains some difficult-to-understand sentiments, often dealing with the pointlessness of much human endeavor. In this passage, though, we see the underlying argument--what is our role on…
Jonah is filled with righteous anger than Ninevah has not been destroyed. It's a reminder that our hate and anger and clouded sense of justice does not match God's.
Jonah finally answers God's call. And the Ninevites...listen? What does that mean for us?
We are in the belly of the whale, with Covid-19 hemming us in and draining us of hope and opportunity (and college sports). Jonah, and Jonah's author, have some lessons…
Jonah the anti-prophet shows us that running away from our jobs and pretending the world we live in does not exist is not effective. The sailors show us that doing…
Joy in God and in the Gospel comes from bringing our whole selves. Often, that means standing in solidarity with others, even when we aren't leading.
The 4th of July reminds us of our obligation to hold ourselves and our nations accountable to the future we want to see.
Nearly everything in the Bible comes with a context. Pulling a sentence free of that context and applying it to any situation in life evades the truth of scripture. Meanwhile,…
One thing we sometimes do in Christianity is forget that the Torah contains a lot of thinking about what it means to love God and love neighbor. If Jesus comes…
By reading the Bible only in snippets, we can tell different stories. And in churches, we do. Reading the whole thing, and wrestling with it, and discussing it with others,…
Loving all the torah, studying it, meditating it, understanding our feelings over the passages we hate to love and love to hate, and love to love, and bring comfort, and…
We always must remember how many gifts of the spirit are dedicated to listening and communicating. In the midst of an oppression that is the legacy of a country founded…
