We are often tempted to tell stories of our righteousness, of how we have always been on the side of good. Jacob shows the power of a story that marks…
We frequently think of Joseph (he of the dreamcoat) forgiving his brothers. But he also unquestionably used the power of the state first to terrorize them and then to benefit…
Transformation comes from struggle. In this week's sermon, Pastor Nathan looks at the struggle of Jacob, and our own empathy with Joseph's brothers' desire to put him in his place…
We get a lot of models of marriage in the Bible. What lessons do we learn from the marriages between Jacob and Leah and Jacob and Rachel? Are they models…
What makes a place sacred? We tell stories to explain the importance of certain places in our lives. But we, too, have the ability to make places sacred, especially for…