Please be the neighbours’ dog… please be the neighbours’ dog… Crazy the thoughts that go through the exhausted parental mind. This was the thought, prayer, desperate plea that I actually verbalised a few minutes ago, David having just settled Bub. The sound was a weird […]
Joseph is dead, his fame and legacy not known by the new Pharaoh. Israel is living within Egypt’s borders and Egypt doesn’t like it. Into this nation in conflict a baby is born: Moses. Moses’ story is as complex as Joseph’s, but for different reasons. […]
When do I get to zoom out? I feel overwhelmed by one of my strengths: the ability to focus on minutiae and to see long-term layers of consequences rippling out from one decision in the present. Consequently, I feel paralysed by my own foresight. I’m […]
Joseph has had a tumultuous journey from favoured son in the home, to an empty pit, slavery, Potiphar’s house, and now prison. Despite his adverse circumstances, he has walked in favour at every stage so far, and the blessing is about to snowball. Even when […]
Joseph is the favoured son of Jacob, the firstborn of his favoured wife, Rachel. As such, we might assume that Joseph’s life story will be one long catalogue of success and favour. But this is not how it appears. Joseph is not like his father. […]
When it comes to receiving the blessing of Abraham, spoken through Isaac into his firstborn son, Jacob is helped to deceive his father to ensure he receives the blessing. The Bible tells us that “Isaac loved Esau… but Rebekah loved Jacob” (Genesis 25:28). Due to […]
By virtue of being Isaac’s firstborn, Esau has both the birthright and the blessing that come from that position. But the Bible tells us he ‘despised his birthright’. As a result, his brother Jacob receives Esau’s birthright, and later the blessing from his father Isaac. […]
Isaac grows up, marries Rebekah, and is blessed by God after his father’s death. But his wife is barren. How can the covenant promise be fulfilled if there is no seed to be blessed? When Isaac is forty years old he marries Rebekah. They are […]
A girl stands on a bridge. Below her speeds the dual carriageway, running fast into the future she doesn’t want to meet. A few metres to her right it rushes in the opposite direction, hurtling towards the past she can’t forget. She is stuck. Rooted […]
A girl stands on a bridge. Below her speeds the dual carriageway, running fast into the future she doesn’t want to meet. A few metres to her right it rushes in the opposite direction, hurtling towards the past she can’t forget. She is stuck. Rooted […]