Rabbi Joshua ben Karhah was once asked, “Why did the Holy One, blessed be he, speak to Moses out of a thornbush?” The rabbi replied “To teach you that there is no space free of the divine presence, not even a thornbush” (Exodus Rabbah 2:9). To access this post, you...
A nine-year-old kid was swimming at the hotel where his parents were staying. He walked up to a woman who was sunbathing beside the poor and asked, “Are you a Christian?” She replied, “Why yes, I am.” He went on: “Do you read the Bible and pray? Do you follow…...
My brother, Dr. John D. Sweet, is a teaching elder in the Philadelphia Presbytery (PCUSA). This meditation was part of his Christmas letter: “G > /\ + \/ . . . These 4 symbols mean that God (G) is greater than (>) our ups (/\) and downs (\/), God is… To...
A five-year-old girl asks, “Daddy, where was I when you were a little boy?” The question prompts Dad to look in the direction of her brother, a twelve-year-old growing by leaps and bounds. The father remembered his own early adolescence, and decides that now is the...
There is a tale from Tanzania about a woman who was asked why she always carried the Bible around with her, and never any other books. She replied, “You can always read books; only the Bible reads you.” To access this post, you must purchase Standard Membership,...
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