Can we assume that Eve was the first woman?  She was certainly the first female.  But is the word “woman” merely reserved for a gendered cultural expression that can only be defined based on social constructs?  I assume that cultural expressions were quite limited being that just her and Adam existed AND that the fashion…

I am preaching the very difficult passage of 2 Samuel 11 this week.  David and Bathsheba is a super shocking passage in context.  Everything is going great in David’s life and then *WHAM* he’s raping one of his soldier’s wives and murdering her husband as a cover up!  And the text is starkly unemotional about…

I have never been a huge fan of a major distinction between clergy and laity, pastor and parishioner, shepherd and sheep.  There are certainly responsibilities I have by virtue of my occupation.  And I certainly believe that I will give a certain type of higher accounting for my calling before God as a teacher and…