The pursuit of the spiritual life is not for the fainthearted. After some initial consolations and encouragement, the way of the Spirit calls forth a certain level of discipline and mentoring. The ...

This Sunday’s Old Testament church reading, according to the Revised Common Lectionary used jointly by a number of Christian denominations, contains arguably one of the oddest passages in the Bible.

As human beings, we don’t pray in one world and live in another. We are called to have an integrity, a unity, between the way we pray and the way we live. If we live by our own whims and neglect moral ...

This post originally appeared on Neesh Noosh. In Vayishlach, Jacob wrestles with an unknown force in the night. At dawn, Jacob’s foe wants to leave. But, before letting him go, Jacob demands a ...

In my last Times of Israel article, “Hanukkah, the ancient Greeks, and wrestling,” I delved into Jacob’s wrestling match with God’s angel, and I do believe some follow-up exploration on the subject ...

True prayer is a "fight" with God in which those who think they are strong are humbled and faced with the reality of their own mortal condition, Pope Francis said. The story of Jacob wrestling with ...

The Bible provides a rich canvas for study with a psychological perspective. In this light, I have been fascinated by a curious story told in the book of Genesis about Jacob wrestling at night with a ...

“Scars are the mark of a warrior” was one of the most memorable lines from the box office hit The Woman King starring Viola Davis. This line comes after one of the physically and emotionally grueling ...