“So what does the Samaritan do for the beat up man?” Sarah asked. “Apparently he doesn’t check on his religious affiliation,” Carol said. “The Samaritan stops by the man, cleans him up, anoints him with oil, (which was like putting salve on his wounds) loads him on a donkey to carry him to safety, and […]

Continuing our Sarah story from last week. Carol continued her story. “A man was walking from Jerusalem to Jericho. It was about 17 miles, about a day’s journey. We have no idea why he was walking. In fact, that doesn’t matter. This was a story Jesus was telling. The details he leaves out don’t actually exist.” […]

Today, in Boston, lots of people will try to run 26 miles and 385 yards. One of them is my friend Richard. (He’s number 19394. If you see him, tell him I said “hi”.) Because of this run, he’ll be missing our weekly Monday morning conversation. But I said it was okay. If you run […]

I love to help people understand the Bible at the story level. It’s why I wrote “A Great Work” as a conversation with Nehemiah. It guides my daily writing at 300wordsaday.com. It’s been part of my work as a pastor for the last fifteen years and in higher education before that. All that background is […]