Genesis 24: 1-4, 10-21Rebekah – when we first encounter Rebekah we are struck by her courage, her faith, her beauty, her kindness and her hospitality. She becomes Isaac’s wife and lands herself in a very dysfunctional family. By the end of Rebekah’s story, she is seen as deceitful and a
Continue readingGenesis 4: 1-16 Am I My Brother’s Keeper? Cain – bad boy number 1. Cain has the distinction of being the first murderer in the Bible. This story calls on us to explore the consequences of how Cain deals with rejection, and the assumptions that Cain makes from a place
Continue readingJudges 16 Samson and Delilah The story of Samson challenges us to explore the reality that we all have strengths and we all have weaknesses. Samson kept secrets, and had no self-control, yet God chose him as a leader. Why would God continue to support a man who was arrogant
Continue readingMark 1: 1-8 John the BaptistMatthew 14: 1-12 Beheading of John the Baptist For the month of June we will explore stories of both women and men who have been proclaimed as the bad boys and bad girls of the Bible. Herodias, the bad girl for the day, is the
Continue readingActs 15: 1-17 . Council at Jerusalem; Faith Gives identity to both Jews and Gentiles Stewardship is about sharing our times, treasures and talents and participating in the ministry and mission of the body of Christ. We are told today that no matter where you have come from, and in
Continue readingActs 8:26-39 • Philip and the Ethiopian eunuch In the reading of Isaiah, the Ethiopian immerses in the great heritage of prophecy and finds himself longing for understanding. By the power of the Holy Spirit, Philip is led to meet the Ethiopian and lead him from prophesy to its fulfillment
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