Vance is right that we have positive duties to those closest to us and to harbor ill will or feel resentment toward them is ...

Armed and Divided Shabbat Thought Torah Portion Beshalach 2025 (revised from previous versions) In the Torah portion this ...

Let’s start by acknowledging the disconnect. As Ratt points out, we’re in Looking Glass Land, where everything is reversed, including the New Testament. The good thing is, we’re not dealing with ...

By this, our relationship with each other and God is restored. Old Testament texts and women One of the most troubling texts in the Old Testament lies in the story of the Levite concubine and daughter ...

They were driven by fear. As Martin Luther King said in his description of this parable, the priest and Levite both had the attitude of “If I stop to help, what will happen to me?” whereas the ...