
Shema: Listen and Respond
The Shema and Obedience The religions of the book emphasize obedience to God. The name “Islam,” for instance, […]
The Shema and Obedience The religions of the book emphasize obedience to God. The name “Islam,” for instance, […]
In the Beginning In the beginning, there was Love, and Love longed for a beloved, and out of […]
Restoring Harmony through Human Sacrifice With the start of the harvest, and before the rains began to fall, […]
The Greatest of These First Corinthians 13 contains Paul’s famous treatise on agape, which in most modern translations […]
All is Vanity “For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven” (Eccl […]
A Call to Compassion Once upon a time, there lived a prophet named Jonah. He was a real […]
Mother’s Day and the Loss of a Child It is Mother’s Day. Even if the holiday was, as […]
To the Victor Lies the Story When the battle is over and the dust has settled, the victor […]
Trickster Tales of Scripture In last week’s column, we looked at the trickster motif and its relationship to […]
Walking in Each Other’s Shoes Early in my chaplaincy, when I worked on a detox unit where residents […]
Myth as Self-Creation We invent ourselves with our stories. Not that we would cease to exist in body […]
God Chose Foolish Things In his first letter to the Christian community of Corinth, Paul writes, “But God […]