October 19, 2025
Last week, my questions about the The Parable of the Prodigal Son centered on what isn’t said in this powerful teaching by Jesus. This week, I’m focusing on the father’s response to the younger son’s...
October 12, 2025
There was a man who had two sons. And the younger of them said to his father, “Father, give me the share of property that is coming to me.” (Luke 15:11-12)When you read the full text of the Parable...
October 5, 2025
There was a man who had two sons. And the younger of them said to his father, “Father, give me the share of property that is coming to me.”So begins the Parable of the Prodigal Son, and no other...
September 28, 2025
Over the last three months, I’ve written about Israel’s wilderness experience, using a biblical lens to consider how participants in family businesses go through their own severely challenging times...
September 22, 2025
My last post contemplated the transition of leadership from Moses to Joshua as the Israelites come to the end of their time in the wilderness, but before they reach the promised land. Moses accepted...
September 14, 2025
In my last reflection, Moses drew God’s ire for the way in which he and Aaron handled a thirsty Israel at the waters of Meribah. But leading the Isrealites has been no easy task. Not only have they...
September 7, 2025
My last refelction contemplated the challenge of being generous while living in the wilderness. How do you give, when every fiber in your body tells you to preserve in the midst of isolation or fear...
August 31, 2025
In my last reflection on the Israelites, God focuses on the responsibilities of the priests and Levites. In the midst of conflict and uncertainty and fear in the wilderness, He tells Aaron’s family...
August 25, 2025
As the Israelites continue their wilderness experience — a time marked by unrealized hopes, recurring disappointment, and what seems like perpetual conflict — they are perhaps in a place to really...
August 18, 2025
After several posts on conflict in the wilderness, I continue to work with the idea that the wilderness experience has important and far-reaching implications for us. The wilderness is a place of...