I’m afraid there’s no way to write this column without sounding like a nerd of the first order. But let’s face it. I am, alas, a nerd of the first order. Specifically, I’m a Bible nerd. If possible, ...

I love the story of Ruth in the Old Testament book that bears her name. Naomi and her husband and two sons were from Bethlehem. Because of a famine, they relocated to Moab, a neighboring country where ...