The book of Exodus opens with an improbable cast of characters taking on Pharaoh: five women, four of them slaves, one, a princess. This text’s rich tapestry of detail invites us to consider God’s love for the downtrodden and his contempt for unjust power. I hope that this ...
In women, the modern west exclusively values youth. Our overpowering cultural narrative is fix your wrinkles, dye your hair, lose the weight, get the facelift. Paula Freolich, writing for The Free Press, tells an anecdote:
Over the summer I was at a dinner party in the ...
Psalm 77 is unique in that it shows the psalmist Asaph in a terrible conflict within himself, what causes that conflict, and then the solution of deliverance. This is all in the first 15 verses of the psalm. Studying this psalm, I realized how many times I have fallen into ...
