You are reading through the Old Testament, encountering tumultuous stories about the blessed people of God, and there appears, without warning or logical arrangement, a book
(RNS) — Eugene Peterson, the bestselling author of “The Message” and longtime pastor praised as a “shepherd’s shepherd,” is moving into hospice and receiving palliative medical care.
From childhood, my family taught me that responsible choices shape a life for good. Experience taught me the challenges that result from combining the ideas of
The parable in this week's scripture is a scandalous story. The gifted English scholar William Barclay describes it as “a difficult parable to interpret.”