What does it truly mean to be mature? Is it simply a matter of age, or is there something deeper that defines it? In certain cultures in Africa, when a man asks for the hand of a woman in marriage, he is subjected to endurance rituals to ascertain his readiness …
Ye have compassed this mountain long enough: turn you northward (Deuteronomy 2:3). It took thirty-eight years of turning round the same axis, following the same routine, seeing the same faces, engaging in the same conversations and meetings, before God set a new course for the Israelites to trail. Thirty-eight years. …
