According to Phyllis Trible, Ruth's choice to commit herself to Naomi (an old widow), adopt a people that could have viewed her as a perpetual outsider, and follow a God who she had no real reason to trust, "made no sense." And Trible is right. In this week's teaching, Josh explores some of the things that it *could have cost Ruth when she left her home in Moab to follow Naomi back to Bethlehem and how her story reminds us of our inclusion in God's story.

the restoration project. Joshua James. 18 June 2017