Jesus was a Jew. Not just by birth, but he had a deep and powerful relationship with God and his culture. He did not come to offer a new religion but to broaden a religion that had confused the law with the belief. He did not come to remove the Roman occupation of his...

This spring, as the lockdown blanketed the air like pollen, the thick yellow nuisance that choked our lungs and stole our breath, I planted seeds in the garden. The bloom of the seeds, perfect and secure in the soil and lined in a row, gave hope to the fruit of...

She is sitting in a chair, legs swinging, her face consumed by a big red frown. I’m quietly waiting for the water to boil in the kitchen, glancing over at her every few seconds. When the noodles are put in and I have seven minutes, I go to the chair across from her...

Trying to mask fear or reroute it into anger will not change its existence. The only true way to combat fear is to embrace it and change.   Why were desks so uncomfortable? We spent our education shifting around in those God-awful seats. The tingling in the legs...