Solomon’s Growing Abuse of Forced Labor
Solomon’s palaces and buildings relied on heavy taxes and forced labor of his own people.
Sin Doesn’t Burn Away
During the bonfire of the vanities, the people set other peoples’ belongings on fire, but did that transform Florence into a righteous city?
Hospitality the Greco-Roman Way
Why was hospitality so important to Greco-Romans? What did it look like for them?
Holy Man-Eating Apocrypha!
The apostle Matthias confronts some magical, terrifying cannibals in a 4th-5th century nonbiblical book.
What to Do with All the Wisdom in the World – the Library of Alexandria
Great Thinkers + Generous Funding + Amazing Library = ???
The Mulan of the American Revolution
Deborah Sampson was a formidable woman who fought on the frontlines of the Revolutionary War
Learning is Hard – Being Taught Generation to Generation is Holy
I struggled to learn to knit, but my grandmother taught me what her mother taught her what her mother taught her…
Shepherd Leadership during Crisis
Cyprian ran from the crisis, but came back to remind the people that being a martyr wasn’t the only worthy Christian life. Serve the suffering here and now.
Beavers Build Fast!
When women baked bread, they didn’t do it alone. It was done in community – sharing resources and growing closer together.
Baking Bread in Jesus’s Day
When women baked bread, they didn’t do it alone. It was done in community – sharing resources and growing closer together.