Why does Yitro go home? Why doesn’t he stay with the Jewish people? For those of you keeping score, Yitro is Moses’ Father-in-Law. He hears the news that the Israelites have left Egypt. Ecstatic, he rushes out to reunite with Moses, bringing his wife and children with him. He gives Moses some good advice. He Continue Reading »
It’s hard for me to believe that it’s been ten years since she’s been gone. At unveilings, I typically tell those assembled how one year after a person has died we begin to make the transition from mourning to memory. For me, it’s been ten years, and I think I am still in part making Continue Reading »
On October 20, 2020, just months into the pandemic, Lyon Gardiner Tyler, Jr. died at the age of 95 in Franklin Tennessee. Today, I mention him not because he lived a particularly storied career. Or because he was an SEC football fan (I am sure he was). Or because he somehow lived a life of Continue Reading »
