Tag: ethic of reciprocity
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Do the Ten Commandments Matter? [Sermon]
Sometimes words matter. In a book that is a mere 67 years old, Jean Kerr tells us about her life as a writer and a mother. In “Please Don’t Eat the Daisies” she writes about a conversation with one of her sons, 8 year old Christopher: “Don’t kick the table leg with your foot.” “I’m…
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What Does It Mean? [Sermon]
Jesus was a Jewish teacher who was alive during the life of Shammai, the teacher the Talmud passage mentioned, and may have even studied with him. So I think we can use the teachings of Jesus and other Jewish teachers to illuminate what Jesus taught.