It is mentioned in Genesis 37:25: “As they sat down to eat their meal, they looked up and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead. Their camels were loaded with spices, balm and myrrh ...

Balm in Gilead is also referenced in the minister’s scripture reading and the hymn sung by a dying contraband man. The balm brings comfort to the sick and weary. Through Charlotte’s aid work ...

“Is there no balm in Gilead?” the prophet Jeremiah famously asks. I don’t know about that, but I know there may be some healing political balm in the U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal ...