In the Old Testament Book of Wisdom, there is a powerful passage that looks back on the exodus, the liberation of the Jewish people from 400-plus...

As a writer I sometimes feel crucified on two beams. The horizontal bar, a line from the Latin writer Publius Syrus: “I have often regretted my...

In the desert, the Israelites received manna, “bread from heaven,” each morning. It was given just enough for the day, with no way to store it up. If