When a foreigner resides among you in your land, do not mistreat them. The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native-born. Love them as yourself, for you were foreigners in Egypt. I ...  Read More

'So I called together a large meeting to deal with them.'Nehemiah 5:7 After listening and processing his anger, Nehemiah made a crucial decision: he called a public assembly. This wasn't a private mee...  Read More

I was enraged when I heard these complaints and stories. After some thought, I approached the officials and said, “I charge you with exacting usurious interest rates to your Jewish sisters and brother...  Read More

Now it happened that the common folk, both women and men, raised a hue and cry against their Jewish sisters and brothers. Nehemiah 5:1Priests for Equality. The Inclusive Bible: The First Egalitarian T...  Read More

After Jesus’ birth—which happened in Bethlehem of Judea, during the reign of Herod—astrologers from the East arrived in Jerusalem and asked, “Where is the newborn ruler of the Jews? We observed his st...  Read More

After Jesus’ birth—which happened in Bethlehem of Judea, during the reign of Herod—astrologers from the East arrived in Jerusalem and asked, “Where is the newborn ruler of the Jews? We observed his st...  Read More

Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil. For if they fall, one will lift up the other; but woe to one who is alone and falls and does not have another to help. Again, i...  Read More

"For though the righteous fall seven times, they rise again; but the wicked are overthrown by calamity"Proverbs 24:16 Perfectionism is one of the greatest enemies of progress. It whispers that if we c...  Read More

Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we will remember the name of the Lord our GodPsalm 20:7 Recognizing the Space for ChoiceOur culture often confuses strength with dominance, volume, or th...  Read More

Now the word of the Lord came to me saying,‘Before I formed you in the womb I knew you,and before you were born I consecrated you;I appointed you a prophet to the nations.’Then I said, ‘Ah, Lord God! ...  Read More

Now the word of the Lord came to me saying,‘Before I formed you in the womb I knew you,and before you were born I consecrated you;I appointed you a prophet to the nations.’Then I said, ‘Ah, Lord God! ...  Read More

"Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped. Then the lame shall leap like a deer, and the tongue of the speechless sing for joy. For waters shall break fo...  Read More