The powerful prophet Elijah is a punchy character in God’s story, and I can’t stop thinking about him. In 2 Kings 1:8, King Ahaziah’s men describe him as “a hairy man with a leather girdle bound about his loins”. Maybe I have a thing for hairy loners? Maybe I find Elijah so compelling because thisContinue reading “The Three Ascensions”
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The Raven and the Dove
There’s a whirlwind in my mind most days now. Images and ideas appear and disappear, things that can’t quite be seen or put into words. I never know quite when or if or what will settle. It’s a restless space of both knowing and not knowing, being filled up and wanting to be filled again.Continue reading “The Raven and the Dove”
The Boy(s) with Two Names
In Genesis 35, a boy with two names is born. He is a boy we don’t often talk about. His brother Joseph gets most of the attention, with his coat of many colours and the saga that is his story. Well, you know. But what of this other boy? In the account beginning in GenesisContinue reading “The Boy(s) with Two Names”
Fawlty Tower of Bricks
8 Now Cush became the father of Nimrod; he began to be a mighty one on the earth.9 He was a mighty hunter before the Lord: Therefore it is said, “Like Nimrod a mighty hunter before the Lord.”10 And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel … Genesis 10: 9-11a Here I am, minding my own business, reading along inContinue reading “Fawlty Tower of Bricks”
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