Feb 22, 2021 | EXPLORING THE BIBLE
What’s in a name? Choosing names for our children is a fascinating exercise connecting them with their past and with our hopes for their future. For the Hebrews names spoke of the character of the one named. As Abram and Sarai are given a new purpose and direction in...
Feb 16, 2021 | EXPLORING THE BIBLE
The Genesis reading outlines the covenant of God with Noah. It is one of a number of covenants, which share some similarities with treaties of the time, recorded in the Bible. This covenant is important in its breadth to all living things, “…between me and the...
Feb 10, 2021 | EXPLORING THE BIBLE
In the transfiguration we have the second of three panels in an artwork on the impact of Jesus. The second is a hinge between the first, the baptism of Jesus, and the third, his crucifixion and resurrection. We could set up three canvases in prominent positions, label...
Feb 4, 2021 | EXPLORING THE BIBLE
Extra, extra, hear all about it! God is up in a balloon watching over us all from a distance. Newspaper selling and science have both changed so the early parts of the Isaiah passage appear quite quaint or out of touch with reality. However, the attributes of God in...
Jan 25, 2021 | EXPLORING THE BIBLE
On the crest of the Cummins Area School, where my children began their formal education, is the slogan “Knowledge is Power”. I’m sure I’d have impressed you more if I had given you the Latin version of this proverb but if you don’t know Latin then the power of...
Jan 20, 2021 | EXPLORING THE BIBLE
“Follow me.” I can’t help putting myself in the shoes of these unsuspecting fishermen. How would I have responded to this peculiar greeting?.. “Hang about Jesus, before I sign up, do you have a glossy brochure I could read? And besides, where am I following you too...
