Robert L. Friedly, the lectionary interpreter, is a retired layman who, along with having been an award-winning newspaper reporter, Disciples public relations vice-president, editor of The Disciple and founding editor of DisciplesWorld, has taught Bible to both young people and adults in church school for more than half a century. He applies his best understanding to these scriptures identified by the Vanderbilt Lectionary Project.
It’s a five-hour trip from Benjamin Skinner’s apartment in Brooklyn to a place where human beings are sold.
Skinner isn’t in the business of human trafficking. He’s a journalist who has traveled the globe, often undercover, to investigate modern-day slavery. During his work, he witnessed the buying and selling of people on four continents. His recent book, A Crime So Monstrous: Face-to-Face with Modern-Day Slavery (Simon & Schuster, 2008), has won critical acclaim.








