2 Samuel

It’s a practice marked by promise and difficulty—both in the Bible and today.

There is no one who does not need God’s mercy and no one who may not have it.

There is no one who does not need God’s mercy and no one who may not have it.

It’s almost as if power and prestige somehow facilitate abusive patterns and protect perpetrators!

David and Nathan both get it wrong, and so do we.

When David was anointed, no one voted.

Maybe the Song of the Bow is an Iron Age propaganda drop. Or maybe it’s just a song.

In Oberammergau, the keepers of a centuries-old tradition have made
big changes—including efforts to expunge antisemitic material.

In Oberammergau, the keepers of a centuries-old tradition have made
big changes—including efforts to expunge antisemitic material.

In Oberammergau, the keepers of a centuries-old tradition have made
big changes—including efforts to expunge antisemitic material.

In Oberammergau, the keepers of a centuries-old tradition have made
big changes—including efforts to expunge antisemitic material.

In Oberammergau, the keepers of a centuries-old tradition have made
big changes—including efforts to expunge antisemitic material.

Hip-hop’s origins go back farther than the 1970s.

David, Absalom, and the dangers of “hanging between heaven and earth”

Maybe she's more than just a wet blanket.

Scripture does not accept David's behavior for business as usual, and neither should we.

God promises to build a bayit, a house. But not one with boundaries.

God promises to build a bayit, a house. But not one with boundaries.

The gap in the lectionary’s account of the return of the Ark of the Covenant echoes a pattern we have seen too often in our country.

Whatever else David is, he is recognizably human and not a fairy-tale king.