Sound of Sheer Silence | 1 Kings 19:1–4, (5–7), 8–15a
Silence. We can crave it, yet shun it when it arrives. It can be comforting, and frightening. We may see it as respite at the end of a day of … Continue reading
Challenging Injustice | 1 Kings 21:1-21a
There’s an Australian film called The Castle which, at first glance, seems to be just a fun and irreverent look at a typical “blue-collar” Australian family. They are about to … Continue reading
Healing Love | 1 Kings 7:8-16 (17-24)
The prophet Elijah goes to Zarephath, where he stays with a widow and her son. Through God’s intervention, the starving family gets enough food to eat, and the son – … Continue reading
Liberating Love
If there is ever a time to read a story, this is it. Taking individual bits of it trap us in the minutiae of story and we lose the greater … Continue reading
Welcomed News
Hey, a geography lesson: ecclesiastical style; Pauline style. Not just an itinerary but a spread of gospel – one town to the next, one city to the next. What’s happened … Continue reading
Beyond Boundaries | April 28, 2013
If ever there is an image of the inclusiveness of the reign of God, this is it: the great picnic that unfolded every foodstuff you’d always wanted to taste but … Continue reading
Love Lifts Us Up | April 21, 2013
Tabitha or Dorcas? Okay we know it is the same person, but do you know her as Tabitha, the Jew, or Dorcas the Gentile? Not a shallow question because the … Continue reading
