Back in Genesis 37, when Joseph's brothers plotted to kill him, Judah suggested an alternative plan. Rather than murdering their brother, he suggested that they sell Joseph to the Ishmaelites as a...
Throughout the story of Joseph's encounter with his brothers, he seemed to be toying with them. In Chapter 42, his heart was touched when his brothers expressed remorse for having mistreated Joseph...
The story of Joseph overflows with self-centeredness, beginning with Joseph's dreams, continuing through his brothers' treachery, right up to Jacob's self-absorbed response to his sons' report....
In the Plan A world, we wouldn't sin at all, period. But that world remains in God's future for us.In the Plan B world, our sinful acts would be quickly followed by Spirit-inspired...
When famine ravaged the land of Canaan, Jacob sent ten of his sons to Egypt so that they might buy grain . . . the same ten sons who once sold Joseph into...
Joseph chose names for his sons that expressed his gratitude to God and his effort to make sense of his life. His second son was named Ephraim, which Joseph related to the Hebrew...
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It would be hard to imagine a more meteoric rise to power. One moment Joseph was languishing in prison, wondering when God will deliver him. The next moment he was interpreting Pharaoh's dreams....
Today we are focusing, once again, on the beginning of the story of Joseph's encounter with Pharaoh. Yesterday we saw how Joseph, once brash and boastful, had been humbled by the difficulties of...
My client had a delicate dilemma.A wealthy and generous man, my client had long supported a charity run by a charismatic leader, his friend "Jonathan." But my client had lost confidence in the...
My six-minute commute is simply too short. Living only three miles from the office is one of my greatest problems (which is...
Sold into slavery by his own brothers, wrongly imprisoned by the master he had served loyally, Joseph continued to serve the Lord even while in prison. There he had the opportunity to interpret...
In the first part of Genesis 39, God was with Joseph even though he was a slave of Potiphar. As a result, his master gave him substantial authority over his household. But things...
Although Joseph had been sold into slavery by his brothers and ended up as the property of Potiphar, an Egyptian official, nevertheless God was with Joseph. Thus everything he touched turned to...
"Excellent choice!" That's what the waiter says of Mrs. Griffin's breakfast order. The waiter would be me. My wife is arthritic and appreciates a nice breakfast.
In school, I was never elected class president. In fact, I never ran for office. When nominated for something, I hated the uncertainty—going out of the room for the discussion, the voting, and...
Carl Holmes has posted a piece of stunning and disturbing beauty. Perhaps all real beauty has such an edge to it. The fragrant flowers in front of the church he visited in a...
The story of Joseph is interrupted by Genesis 38, which focuses on Judah and his children. Once again we see a family shattered by unfaithfulness and deception. A young woman named Tamar married...
It's easy to imagine how Joseph, the spoiled child whom his father loved most of all, might have had dreams of his own greatness. And it isn't hard to see why, in his...
Parker Palmer's book of encouragement for teachers called The Courage to Teach helped to recover meaning in their work lives, in the...
