Patrick T. Reardon

The Book of Sirach, in the Hebrew Bible, was written about 2,300 years ago, but its admonitions are far from old-fashioned: “Wrath and anger are hateful things, yet the sinner hugs them tight.”

Shadow of the walking bird Patrick T.

It’s a wedding — actually, it’s two weddings — and everyone’s having a great time, laughing and dancing and smiling — except Steve Carella.

At the hill tomb Patrick T.

It may seem strange that the question of Abraham Lincoln and religion is a “thing” in historical circles.

Moshe Greenberg was a Philadelphia-born rabbi and Bible scholar who, in mid-career, had a bee in his bonnet.

The list of ripples, three years after a book recommendation “How to Read the Bible” by Harvey Cox — https://patricktreardon.com/book-review-how-to-read-the-bible-by-harvey-cox/ “The Book of ‘Job’: A Biography” by Mark Larrimore — https://patricktreardon.…

My friend Dom Grassi died this week, and I remember him with a deep fondness for many reasons.

Communion (a psalm of Hambone) Patrick T.

The guy sitting in the window booth of the bagel shop, surrounded by six or eight odd-size bags and packages, could have been an aging hipster.