ABILENE, Texas -- Let's say a bunch of Bible characters show up at your door. You want to be helpful, obviously, but you can't afford to feed and house them all indefinitely. Instead, you do the next ...

Find today’s readings here. “Then Job began to tear his cloak and cut off his hair. He cast himself prostrate upon the ground, and said, ‘Naked I came forth from my mother’s womb, and naked shall I go ...

In 1863 the Confederate Army was “flushed with victory.” Throughout the summer of that year, the Union had been taking brutal losses. The cost in human lives was high. “Sometimes it looked,” Elizabeth ...