Genesis 37:1-4, 12-28 – Choices
July 31, 2017
We don’t get a choice about the example we’re given, but we do have a choice about what we do with it. … More Genesis 37:1-4, 12-28 – Choices
Category: Ordinary Time
Genesis 32:22-31 – Given, Not Taken
July 24, 2017
The wrestler does not fulfil Jacob’s hunger for blessing right away, but instead directs Jacob’s attention to the root of the problem, his name. Jacob has spent his life living up to his name (it means ‘sneaky little rat-bag’) and it’s time to change. … More Genesis 32:22-31 – Given, Not Taken
Genesis 29:15-28
July 17, 2017
The trickster is tricked, the cheater is cheated, Mr There’s-a-sucker-born-every-minute is suckered himself. … More Genesis 29:15-28
Genesis 28:10-19a
July 10, 2017
Is your walk with God less-than-perfect? Mine too. I like it that we don’t have to try to be someone we’re not when we come to God. Jacob was a schemer (and that’s the polite version – check out the end of the previous chapter for why Jacob was legging it across the desert on his own) and God accepted him as such. … More Genesis 28:10-19a
Genesis 25:19-34
July 3, 2017
Was it the name that made Jacob the way he was? Or did God see his heart before he was born and match the name to the nature? Perhaps Jacob could have used his name as a spur to become better than the shyster it implied. … More Genesis 25:19-34
Genesis 24:34-38, 42-49, 58-67
June 26, 2017
The classic story of servant-meets-girl, servant-gets-girl, boy-finally-sees-girl-on-a-camel. Hollywood should buy the rights immediately. … More Genesis 24:34-38, 42-49, 58-67
Genesis 22:1-14
June 19, 2017
So tests are not pleasant, but they are normal and they are helpful. How did Abraham’s test help? It forced him to think seriously about where his faith lay. In the past he had taken matters into his own hands – Pharaoh, Hagar and Ishmael, Abimelch, etc. Now God, the giver of the impossible, had demanded the impossible back. Whom would he trust? … More Genesis 22:1-14
Genesis 21:8-21
June 12, 2017
Other times we can find ourselves doing a Sarah – acting out of fear, insecurity and other pretty unflattering motivations, if we are honest. And although God can, and does, redeem our foolish mistakes (and Lord knows I make plenty), the consequences may live on. Sarah didn’t cope well with the consequences of her actions, and Hagar’s distress was the result. … More Genesis 21:8-21
Exodus 19:2-8a
June 5, 2017
God slaps me on the back as I walk into the exam hall and says, “You’ve already passed, now go and do me proud.”
(Note – I’m not implying that God will do your exams for you. You still gotta revise folks!) … More Exodus 19:2-8a
All Age Talk -The Woman in the Crowd
April 28, 2017
For Jesus, it was not enough just to know he had healed someone, he also wanted to meet her, and to know that she really was OK after all. And he also know that it was better for Jane to meet him, not to stay anonymous. Jesus wanted to encourage her faith, to lead her closer to God, and to completely transform her life, not just bring physical healing. … More All Age Talk -The Woman in the Crowd
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