At a previous post I wrote about our time at the College of St. Rose in Albany NY which recently closed. This put me in mind of our years just before that while I was teaching at a small school, Barrington College in Rhode Island. This college also has closed. Even this conjunction…

              Jacob and Esau had had a fight and had each set off on his own. Much later (Genesis 33) they came to meet each other on the road. Jacob had mistreated Esau and was fearful of their meeting once again lest Esau hold a grudge against him. Indeed, Jacob had had his hip…