December 30, 2013 | by The Hardest Question
When the Rabbi’s read they walk into the text. They bring themselves to it and step across the edge of the scroll, jump up onto its body, bouncing a little, believing it will hold their weight. And...
October 22, 2012 | by The Hardest Question
Old Testament Reading: Job 42:1-6, 10-17
For Sunday, October 28, 2012: Year B—Ordinary 30
I saw the young man in the fall. He looked like a well-equipped urban hiker, getting...
October 14, 2012 | by The Hardest Question
Old Testament Reading: Job 38:1-7
For Sunday, October 21, 2012: Year B—Ordinary 29
If you consider Job a formal theodicy that gives definitive, systematic answers about evil, Satan,...
June 17, 2012 | by The Hardest Question
by Mike Baughman
Old Testament Reading: Job 3:1-11
For Sunday, June 24, 2012: Year B—Ordinary 12
For my undergraduate education I went to Duke...