With young couples struggling to save up for a deposit on their first iceberg lettuce1, and firefighters dressed in full PPE gear being told they are a threat to public health2, it's no wonder that people are feeling a little disorientated. And perhaps that was the point all … [Read more...] about Bright Eyes and Happy Hearts
Gut Punch Worship
The worship of God by the saints on earth is one of the most important ways that the gospel is proclaimed and the kingdom of God made visible to the world. And so Paul, For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until he comes. (1 … [Read more...] about Gut Punch Worship
Antithesis
We live in a binary world. Male and female, night and day, heaven and earth, good and evil, beauty and horror. It is this way because God made the world. And God saw that the light was good. And God separated the light from the darkness. (Genesis 1:4) Antithesis is the result … [Read more...] about Antithesis
And we are Fed
Hannah’s song in 1 Samuel 2 celebrates her answered prayer for a son. She has experienced a reversal of fortune. But her prayer moves out from there and anticipates a reversal of fortune for all of God's children. In her song, the mighty and feeble change places, the hungry … [Read more...] about And we are Fed
Storms, Swine and Salvation
In Mark 5:1-21 we learn that Jesus is Immanuel, God with us, and we learn it's implications. Jesus had been teaching in parables by the sea of Galilee. His platform was a fishing boat. When He had finished, He asked the disciples to push out in to open water and cross to … [Read more...] about Storms, Swine and Salvation