God does not speak through “the wise and the learned,” though presumably the priests of Midian among whom Moses’ father-in-law was counted fulfilled that role for the Israelites.

God speaks to Moses from within the fire. A strange image — heat without destruction. And the Church has always seen the burning bush on Sinai as more than a moment in history.

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 ...

If God spoke in a still, small voice, for my generation, it was the voice of Val Kilmer. The actor, who embodied Batman, Jim Morrison and Top Gun’s Iceman, died Tuesday at the age of 65. In the ...