Moses was tending the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian. Leading the flock across the desert, he came to Horeb, the mountain of God. There an angel of the LORD appeared to him in ...

At this time of year, in the synagogue, we Jews are reading the initial part of the Book of Exodus, hearing of the early life of our leader Moses. In Exodus 3, in a famous passage, Moses is called by ...

The divine cannot be reduced to scientific explanation or empirical inquiry. God exists beyond the categories through which ...

Readings: Exodus 3:1-8a, 13-15 1 Corinthians 10:1-6, 10-12 Luke 13:1-9 What if you missed your burning bush? Could there be a better, clearer entrance of God into human life? Moses sees a bush, ...

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God Is In The Flame ...

During a recent visit to Jerusalem, a woman in her 80s explained to me how she came to live in Israel. Her father was at Auschwitz when it was liberated. He lay on top of a pile of corpses, unable to ...