For the session to be discussed on November 8, 2015 Ruth 3:1-4:21 Rabbi Seth Oppenheimer again joins us as a featured guest to help us discuss the last two chapters of the book of Ruth. We talk about the ways these women were strong and showed real initiative in...
For the session to be discussed on November 1, 2015 Ruth 1:1-2:23 Rabbi Seth Oppenheimer joins us as a featured guest to help us discuss the first two chapters of the book of Ruth. We talk about the expectations of Ruth and Naomi’s time, and how they affected...
For the session to be discussed on October 25, 2015 Mark 10:46-52 The experience of Jesus and the blind beggar, Bartimaeus, leads to a discussion of the ways we can be “blind” to the very things we need most. Are we able to speak up, as Bartimaeus does,...
For the session to be discussed on October 18, 2015 Mark 10:32-45 This week we discuss the how well we “get it” (or not) that Christian discipleship is one that leads to service rather than to power. What does it mean to say the last will be first? The...
For the session to be discussed on October 11, 2015 Mark 10:17-31 Jesus tells a young man who asks about eternal life, “…go, sell what you own, and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven.” The team takes a hard look at this...
For the session to be discussed on October 4, 2015 Mark 10:1-16 What is this passage really about? Divorce? marriage? power? The team discusses the kinds of abuses that could occur in the culture of the 1st Century, where women and children had very little ability to...
