We then read Jeremiah 29:11 as, ‘I know the plans I have for you, Brandon.’ But remember that Israel was a collectivist culture. They understood the object of the sentence, you, to mean ‘my ...

In honor of St. Martha’s feast day, a few musings on cooking, faith and Jeremiah 29:11: St. Teresa of Avila once observed that “the Lord walks among the pots and the pans.”I’ve come to see ...

Perhaps Jeremiah 29:11 is left out because while God plans not to harm us, Russia does—and the imaginable near-term consequences keep Ukrainians from contemplating an unimaginable future.