Feb 1, 2022 | EXPLORING THE BIBLE, NEWS
There is nothing reverend about this Reverend! So why did God call me to the ministry? Well let me tell you a secret. The call upon my life to be a minister is a far lesser one than the call on me, and on you to become a disciple. To be quite honest, I am not really...
Jan 27, 2022 | EXPLORING THE BIBLE, NEWS
Where is God in our life’s cycle? The Psalmist claims that God has been an active presence in life since birth and youth. Beyond the extent of today’s passage the Psalmist still sees God as present in old age. Jeremiah protests God’s overreach on the basis that...
Jan 27, 2022 | EXPLORING THE BIBLE, NEWS
How is God revealed to us Psalm. God is revealed in and through the natural world and in the gift of the law. Nehemiah. God is revealed in the possibility that these events could happen in this place at this time. God is revealed in the gathering of the people and...
Jan 27, 2022 | EXPLORING THE BIBLE, NEWS
We gradually orient ourselves towards God or we are gradually oriented towards God. We come into relationship with God. What does God bring to our relationship? What do we bring? Psalm. God brings steadfast love. God brings refuge in the shadow of God’s wings (God is...
Jan 21, 2022 | EXPLORING THE BIBLE, NEWS
Is 62:1-5 Ps 36:5-10 1 Cor 12:1-11 Jn 2:1-11 We gradually orient ourselves towards God or we are gradually oriented towards God. We come into relationship with God. What does God bring to our relationship? What do we bring? Psalm. God brings steadfast love. God brings...
Jan 21, 2022 | EXPLORING THE BIBLE, NEWS
Is 43:1-7 Ps 29 Acts 8:14-17 Lk 3:15-17, 21-22 What is good news? Is it good news that God is like a frightening thunder storm – thundering, flashing, shaking, breaking? It is good news that God is more than we make God to be. Is it good news that we need to pass...