The Book of Judges describes the actions of men and women called to save the people of Israel between the time of Joshua and the monarchy. In particular, Judges 6:11-24a describes the call of Gideon to be a judge. What…
I wrote a few years ago [Seeing with the Eyes of Faith] about how faith is not a blind leap in the hope that there might be something on the other side to catch us. Instead, it is an act…
When studying the Bible, there is a vast wealth of scholarship and commentaries over the centuries. Because of this, it can be daunting to know where to begin. The Gospel of Mark is the shortest of the four Gospels. Many…
Vulnerability, being susceptible to harm, is usually seen as a bad thing. Harm is not good: why would someone be willing to be susceptible to it? But the Christian story is exactly that: God became a human being, Jesus, and…
Yesterday was the feast of Sts. Peter and Paul. These two men were the pillars of the ancient Church who were martyred by the Roman Emperor Nero. And yet even though they were killed by Rome, they conquered Rome in…
There are literally dozens of Gospels that were floating around the ancient world. We are all familiar with Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, But there are also many other Gospels like the Gospel of Peter, the Gospel of Thomas, the…