I am a Benedictine of Mount St. Scholastica in Atchison, Kansas.  I hold a bachelor’s degree in music from Mount St. Scholastica College, a master’s degree in theology from St. John’s University, and a doctorate in biblical studies from Catholic University.  I taught at Mount St. Scholastica College and Benedictine College for several years.  I have retired from that and from my work as an adjunct professor of St. John’s University School of Theology, where I taught Scripture, primarily on the web.  I am a past president of the Catholic Biblical Association.  I have written several books: Sing a New Song:  The Responsorial Psalm in the Sunday Liturgy; Women in the Old Testament; Numbers; and Pleading Cursing, Praising:  Conversing with God through the Psalms, all published by Liturgical Press, and 101 Questions and Answers on Angels and Devils,  published by Paulist Press.  I have also written commentaries on Song of Songs, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, and Esther and Jonah, Tobit, and Judith.  All are published by Liturgical Press. My most recent book is Wisdom:  The Good Life.  I was an editor for Give Us This Day, was on the editorial board of Worship, and also wrote regularly for other biblical and liturgical periodicals.  I was also a member of the Committee on Illuminations and Texts for the Saint John’s Bible.