Our evaluation of work is equivocal A person without work is in a precarious situation financially and emotionally and being jobless can erode a sense of worth But those lucky enough to have jobs seem always to be plotting when to retire Although work is sometimes a burden it is also necessary

We are all formally students for some time in our lives and it is best to remain informal students throughout our lives for there is no point at which there is not something we can learn At the same time most of us function as teachers at many points in our lives some of us professionally but m

When is the best time to repent Now Now is the time Now is always the time Who knows whether there will be time if you wait This seems to be the approach of the Ninevites who appear in the prophetic book of Jonah as the most eager of penitents Scholars do not see Jonah as a historical account

How do relationships begin There is naturally not just one way one place or one word needed to start a relationship But is there a common process by which friendship is built from nothing to the point that neither party can imagine life without the other Some friendships begin in childhood thei

In a number of Servant Songs in Isaiah a mysterious individual appears who sometimes represents the nation of Israel though later Christians understood him to represent Jesus In Isaiah 42 this person is designated ldquo my servant rdquo ebed in Hebrew while in the Septuagint ldquo my child

A summer ago my family set off on a cross-country car trip from Minnesota to Vancouver B C in part to pick up a wooden bench that my great-grandfather had made when my family immigrated to Canada It was the first thing he built when he arrived As an old man he was too old to work in the fields