Achan’s Plunder – and Blunder
Here’s a disturbing story from the Book of Joshua story of a Israelite soldier named Achan who made a terrible mistake. What I say may not make the story any less disturbing, but we will hear a great spiritual lesson related to it from St. John of the Cross. Continue reading Achan’s Plunder – and Blunder
On Jephthah’s Rash Oath
On Jephthah, a tragic hero of the Book of Judges. Continue reading On Jephthah’s Rash Oath
On Death in the Psalms
It cannot be said that a belief in an afterlife and immortality of the soul are expressed in the Book of Psalms. What are we to make of this? Continue reading On Death in the Psalms