Joseph never quite fit in with his surroundings. Beautiful, flamboyantly dressed, and full of dreams, his uniqueness singled him out for trouble.

Jacob and Esau has a troubled relationship, due in no small part to Jacob's habitual trickery. As young men they parted in strife, but many years later they were able to embrace in love. What lessons does this have for us today?

Jesus gives us a difficult promise and a challenging command, but thankfully he also provides us with an example.

This is the second half of the 'Sodom and Gomorrah' story, where Lot flees to the hills with his daughters and Lot's wife turns to salt in the road. It's a difficult story of destruction, rape, and violence, but even in the ugly narrative it is possible to find evidence of God's compassion.

Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden is a beautiful story, but one whose tropes and interpretations have become riddled with misinformation through the centuries. This sermon clears up a few translation errors, and invites us to understand this story as one of grace rather than of condemnation.

The story of Sodom and Gomorrah is often told as a parable of judgement against the LGBTQ+ community. But a closer reading of the text reveals that it is more concerned with the denial of love than the sharing of it.

fb: Sodom and Gomorrah have oft been used to wield judgement on LGBTQ+ people. But what if that message is missing the point entirely?

The loves of God have been on display throughout the story of Ruth. In the final chapter, it is romantic and redemptive love that take center stage.

The third chapter of Ruth bears testament to the ways poverty, power, and gender overlap in noxious ways. But it also gives us a story of subversive, willful choice that displays the complicated and varied forms that love and family can take.

"Religious law" can be perceived or used as a tool of oppression. But reality is more complicated than that. The second chapter of Ruth gives us an example of religious law that legislates compassion.

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