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.
In the season of Thanksgiving, we remember the prophetic words of Isaiah to King Hezekiah in Jerusalem in the face of the unbeatable destructive might of the Assyrian army, "be…
The condemnation of Jesus is full of ironies. But it's also full of the unspoken fears in empire. The crowd's fear of suffering the same fate as Jesus; Pilate's fear…
Moses communes with God, and is able to focus when God and the people lose track of the reasons why they are where they are. Why are we where we…
Joseph's brothers did some pretty bad things to him. But he was able to get away from their injury, spend time with God, and be healed (and it didn't hurt…
The Israelite people flee into Egypt to escape famine. After years, the Egyptians start to fear the mass of immigrants, as happens throughout time. Moses, after escaping the order to kill…
After Joseph's Pharaoh dies, the Hebrews are left vulnerable to the growing paranoia of the new Pharaoh. The inability to recognize the realties and listen to dissent leads Pharaoh to…
