In thinking about the wilderness this week, I read some of the Israelites’ story from Exodus. We can learn at least six things about their journey through the desert! One When Pharaoh finally let the people go, God did not lead them along the main road that runs through Philistine territory, even though that was…
I’ve been thinking about the story of the Exodus in Scripture. It has these main parts: God delivered His people. God delivered HIs people from slavery, from bondage. God delivered His people to a chosen status, sonship, a treasured possession. God delivered His people through the obedience of a man (Moses). God delivered His people…
“There is not a square inch in the whole domain of our human existence over which Christ, who is Sovereign over all, does not cry, Mine!” Abraham Kuyper, Abraham Kuyper: A Centennial Reader God is worthy to receive glory and honor and power, for He created all things, and by HIs will, they were created…
Connecting today’s art experience with our spiritual journey! My grandson, just 4, asked me to help him draw a ninja – not just any ninja – but the “green” ninja from Ninjago. I’m not skilled at drawing true likenesses, and I was pretty sure my lame attempts were not going to please my exacting little…
I read book of Exodus over the past few days. Reflecting today on God’s presence as revealed in the Exodus story. “The book of Exodus is above all else in the Old Testament the book of the Presence of the Lord. This is the thesis and the theme.… Indeed this may truly be described as…
I am struck by this concept of journey. Our lives are not a singular journey birth to death but an accumulation of journeys. There is no by-pass … we have to go through. I think of physical journeys with varying speed limits, stoplights, highways, small towns, big cities. The journey experience entertains wide varieties…