Pass Interference

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

It happened in the days of Ahasuerus—that Ahasuerus who reigned over a hundred and twenty-seven provinces from India to Ethiopia.  Esther 1:1  JPS It happened – Some time ago we investigated the Hebrew phrase miqreh (see Today’s Word on Ruth 2:3).[1]  It’s used for “happy accidents,” accidents that are really somehow orchestrated by the invisible…

It Begins

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

It happened as they were coming, when David returned from killing the Philistine, that the women came out of all the cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet King Saul, with tambourines, with joy and with musical instruments. The women sang as they played, and said, “Saul has slain his thousands, and David his…