…Journeying With Jesus Through The Cross
Chapter 12 With. ‘“Because the patriarchs were jealous of Joseph, they sold him as a slave into Egypt. But God was with him …’ Acts 7:9-10 '“The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel” (which means “God with us”).' Matthew 1:23 'Out of the depths I... Continue Reading →
Chapter 9 Babel ‘Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius – and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction.’ E.F. Schumacher ‘All of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, “God opposes the proud but shows favour to... Continue Reading →
Chapter 8 Broken Light 'Your love, Lord, reaches to the heavens, your faithfulness to the skies. Your righteousness is like the highest mountains, your justice like the great deep. You, Lord, preserve both people and animals. How priceless is your unfailing love, O God! People take refuge in the shadow of your wings... ...For... Continue Reading →
Chapter Two Loved. 'Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.' 1 John 4:8 ‘We love because he first loved us’ 1 John 4:19 'love one another as I have loved you' John 13:34 Read: Genesis 1:26-28 and 2:18-24 Some sickness is easy to diagnose, like blotches on skin or a... Continue Reading →
Epilogue The Road Home 'Open my eyes that I may see wonderful things in your law.' Psalm 119:18 Read Luke 24:13-35 There are roads sometimes that go nowhere, nowhere but away, nowhere but far from all we want to leave behind us, far from all we fear and cannot face. Wandering roads, retreating roads, roads... Continue Reading →
Prologue Beginning Read Genesis 1:1-27 and John 1:1-12 Crosses piped on hot crossed buns, flurries of flour every where, globs of dough sliding down fingers and splattering onto the bench. We’ve done this every year for a while now. These annual traditions grounding us, giving us markers in our calendars and comfortable assumptions in... Continue Reading →
