In the mind of the Virginia school, economy is a form of exchange while politics is a form of coercion. True liberty can thus only be economic freedom. Free markets, they argue, will create free people. Their concern is that an electorate will elect politicians that promise to do the will of the people. Then […]
I have been posting these notes from my studies in the Torah in preparation of addressing an issue so horrible I hate to even speak of it. However since the issue has come up in the news and on my newsfeed twice in one month I feel like I should say something. In a news-piece […]
The Case of Divorce, Remarriage, Divorce and Returning to the First Husband Deuteronomy 24:1-4 Deuteronomy 24 since it is often used as the definitive case regarding divorce. Ironically, it is in the section regarding theft, and it is about a very particular circumstance: A man takes a wife and marries her.She finds no favor in […]
The cost of mis-interpreting the Bible has been largely borne by women. Women’s voices have been under-represented in many of the loudest conversations about the sections of Scriptures that impact them most. This has further left women out of the conversation, as their very right to speak has been called into question. This is not […]
It amazes me both how much Torah has shaped Western culture and how much misinterpretation of Torah has shaped Western culture. A recent reading of Jane Austen got me thinking about the fact that even in the last century English women could not inherit land, and the kind of desperation that caused. I don’t know […]
Growing up, I learned that Hanukkah, Passover, and Purim spoke of the need, motive, and way of social justice. Keeping the feasts and telling the stories kept us focused on the need to see and lift the oppression of others. We were moved to do so because we ourselves had suffered. We were compelled to […]
Recently I read a comment that Trump may sin, and whether he confesses is between him and God. Aside from the fact that Trump has clearly and publicly stated that he will never regret or apologize for anything he does, it made me wonder whether we who claim to follow Jesus have never considered a […]
Sometimes when people are shouting and running towards you with arms waving, it is not because they are angry, or mean you harm. Sometimes it is because they are on fire and need you to save them. Sometimes it is because you are on fire they are coming to save you. The only way learn […]
They say the way to begin a journey is “one small step”. But that is generally for those who are beginning at the beginning. What about those who find ourselves beginning in the middle?
