I saw Santa Claus again this year at the VA Medical Center where I work. He was wearing his red coat trimmed in white fur and wearing his peaked hat. He was tall and thin and African-American. He had no beard and he walked with quite a spring in his step. As he neared me, […]

I have been reading about Rahab the harlot. Her story is impressive. She lived the first part of her life in all the wrong ways. Yet she is mentioned in the Sunday of the Genealogy as one of the great great … grandmothers of Our Lord Jesus. Saint James says of her that she was […]

Most people have not read the Book of Judith. Protestants have not read it because it is not part of their Old Testament. Orthodox and Roman Catholics have not read it because all too many concentrate only on the New Testament or simply do not read their entire Bible. But, whether you believe it to be […]

Let’s continue the Regency romance of the Book of Esther. Yesterday, we left the king agreeing with Haman that the Jews should be wiped out. A decree goes out saying that on such and such a day, all Jews were to be killed. Mordecai is horrified, but Esther does not speak out. So, Mordecai asks […]

One of the best romance novels I have ever read is the Septuagint version of the Book of Esther. Wait, father, a romance novel? Yes, various parts of the Book of Esther read almost like a regency period romance novel. At time, parts of it remind me of Beauty and the Beast, and I do […]