Apr 1, 2020 | EXPLORING THE BIBLE
Strange encounter Psalm 118 reminds us again of its refrain about the steadfast love of God-the refrain we have read before this month. It is a useful reminder as we read of the strange encounter near the tomb of Jesus. Mary of Migdala is weeping. She encounters, what...
Mar 29, 2020 | EXPLORING THE BIBLE
Day without hope This is the black day that some of us want to leave as quickly as we can and head for the white, light joy of Easter morning. And, I suspect that some amongst us enjoy the blackness of the Friday pain because that is how we experience life for the...
Mar 22, 2020 | EXPLORING THE BIBLE
Turning the world upside down “This day shall be a day of remembrance for you” (Ex 12:14). It was a day to remember that most holy journey of the Jewish people from slavery under the Egyptians to freedom. A freedom that for a long time did not look at all like they...
Mar 15, 2020 | EXPLORING THE BIBLE
Sometimes I think I’m like Lazarus, entombed in fear, apathy, prejudice, gloom, … But I have heard a call, “Rosalind, come out!” And I have stumbled out, still greatly hindered by the limiting layers of self-doubt, the old voices in my head that say, “You’re not good...
Mar 15, 2020 | EXPLORING THE BIBLE
A man on a donkey The opening two verses of Psalm 118 are like the waving palm leaves that Christians use to remember Palm Sunday. God’s steadfast love endures forever (Ps 118 :1). Neither life nor death, nor the fickleness of human allegiances nor the mocking of the...
Mar 12, 2020 | EXPLORING THE BIBLE
April 2020 is Easter month. We embark on an Easter journey that starts in Bethphage and ends in Emmaus. It is a journey that starts with Jesus on a donkey and ends with Christ on the road. These stories are strange and powerful and it is good to approach them with...
