There are a lot of lessons that we can take from the alarming expansion of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS). Surely it is a parable, but what …
Month: September 2014
A Day in the Life of a Professional Mourner
The author was a professional mourner living in Palestine in the first century A.D./C.E. No one aspires to become a mourner. Even I entered the profession not by choice, but …
Scotland’s Referendum in Perspective
If I type the word “Scotland”, what pops into your mind? Kilted men playing bagpipes? “They may take our lives, but they can never take our freedom!”? A blurry image …