Coronavirus Shabbat
by Cole S. AronsonIsraelis are praying and loving and studying at home, the true center of Jewish life. Continue Reading »
Israelis are praying and loving and studying at home, the true center of Jewish life. Continue Reading »
A flame goes up from each home, each place of isolation: the flame of the human spirit. Continue Reading »
In some ways, Christians this Lent are like Israel in Babylonian exile, bereft of land and temple. Continue Reading »
Once we start thinking about baptism in the matrix between old and new, our horizon broadens. Continue Reading »
Prayer is, most fundamentally, a matter of heeding a call and showing up. Continue Reading »
Anti-Semitism is hardly a thing of the past; it’s a constant, vicious drumbeat—and it’s louder today than it has been in decades. Continue Reading »
Chanukah is Judaism at its least demanding and most comfortable. Continue Reading »
The Hanukkah candles glisten through the winter, signaling that we need to see beyond mere utility, to discover in others an inalienable dignity. Continue Reading »
It is not ethnic descent but union with Christ that determines one’s place in the household of God. Continue Reading »
Abraham is closest to God when, in Kierkegaard’s phrase, he goes “no farther than faith”—when he simply, merely, obeys the command. Continue Reading »