Tag: Ruth

  • Ruth the Moabite

    The lectionary reading for today is once again about Ruth.  And, I am glad because I didn’t get to post yesterday about Ruth being a Moabite, which is part of the today’s reading in Ruth 2.2.  I discussed Moab once before in a previous post I did about Moses’ death.  However, the the origins of…

  • Boaz and Ruth in the Time of the Judges

    Today’s lectionary reading is from Ruth 1, and there is a lot going on here.  I will attempt to make two separate posts, but it has been a crazy day.  Notice the time period for the Book of Ruth: “In the days when the judges ruled,…”  I have already posted about the pattern of the…