There is no getting around how confronting a book like Numbers can be to us. The passage we are looking at this week ranges from a ritual curse for faithlessness to a blessing that is still used in churches throughout the world today. The easy thing to do would be to say this is just … Continue reading Numbers 5 & 6 | Purity
Nurtured by Numbers
In its original language the biblical book of Numbers is called ‘in the wilderness’. It describes how, following the dramatic Exodus from Egypt, God’s people left Mount Sinai and began to journey to the promised land of Canaan. In our gospels, Numbers is about Jesus, then, in the other writings of the New Testament, Numbers … Continue reading Nurtured by Numbers
Philippians 4:2-9 | Finding peace
Our time contradicts itself about anxiety. On the one hand we are concerned for the rising rates of mental health issues, on the other, we use anxiety to motivate and entertain us. Even the devices we rely on so heavily have also been shown to contribute to our unease but how can we do without … Continue reading Philippians 4:2-9 | Finding peace
Philippians 3.1-4.1 | Persisting in life
Our political lives are shoe-horned into a debate between conservative and progressive values and we, individually, are often defined as belonging at a point along a spectrum between the two political extremes. Paul, in his letter to the Philippians, makes a claim for a third way, the way of grace. He says we need someone … Continue reading Philippians 3.1-4.1 | Persisting in life
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