Sometimes I wonder what God is doing. I look around at the world and wonder what is going on; I think most people are, lately. Some days it feels like someone has just tipped the world upside down and started shaking it. Maybe you feel the same. When everything seems back-to-front you’re left questioning whatever …
Sometimes in life, we find ourselves crying out to God for help and his answers are a little left of centre. Like in Exodus 15 when the Israelites are in the wilderness and without water to drink. Moses cries out to God and God directs him to a piece of wood. Really, God? A piece …
Continue reading #280: Wilderness, Wood and Running Downhill
I’ve been spending a bit of time in the Old Testament lately, thanks to Scripture Union’s Daily Bread series on Jeremiah 11-30. Too often these days we hear of hypocrisy within the church and we might wonder what God thinks about it. In Jeremiah I’ve met afresh with a God who has utter hatred for …
Some weeks an arctic blast hits, bringing the temperature down and the wind up. Even before then, the flu symptoms have hit, you’ve taken a few days off work and your voice has disintegrated beyond all comprehension. That was this week for me. Not winter yet but feeling like it. It reminded me again of …