There is no promise of immunity from struggle if only we are good enough.

I wonder what changed for Jacob when he received the gift of mercy.

Small moments and gestures produce a bounty of love, renewal, and joy.

Nothing can separate us from the love of God.

God is forever mindful of the covenant made with the ancestors of our faith.

This story has it all: love, jealousy, manipulation, favoritism, infertility...

Jesus advises us to be less concerned with the wrong we see in others and more concerned about the fruit we are bearing in our own lives.

What gift from God are you waiting for?

There is nowhere we can go to escape the presence and love of God.

What a surprise it must have been for God to show up at that time and in that place before Jacob had done anything to right the wrongs he had done.