Too often we forget that the Holy Bible is actually a library of books written over hundreds of years, and that clouds our understanding, writes the Rev. Jason Valendy

The Bible is not so much a book as it is a collection of books. This may be common in our approach, however there are times we forget. And like many collections of books that reside on a book self, the Bible has a number of different types or genres of…

Rabbi Akiva was walking home one night on the same path he always traveled, except that this night was incredibly foggy and he missed his usual turn off the path. Soon he encounter…

Benedicta Ward’s book has this story:There were three friends, serious men, who became monks. One of them chose to make peace between men who were at odds, as it is written, ‘Blessed are the peacemakers’ (Matt. 5:9). The second chose to visit the sick….

Forgive yourself now as you forgave yourself for your past, and you will live into your future, writes the Rev. Jason Valendy.

There are many self-help and self-improvement advocates out there lauding the ways we can live our best life now. I don’t know about any of that, but what I do know is that we can …

Scripture offers us different passages, different ways, different paths to see and understand the world, but we tend to prefer our favorites, writes the Rev. Jason Valendy.

Christians talk about scripture passages or, in the singular, a passage of scripture. The emphasis is on the phrase is the word scripture. And understandably so. Scripture the first authority (not the only authority) that Christians use to make sense. …

Those things and people that irritate us have a virtue – they can help us focus on where our sin really lies, writes the Rev. Jason Valendy

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirty_Rotten_Scoundrels_(film) – one of the greats of cinema

Who likes an imposter? They are fake and p…