The story of
God and us
2nd Peter (1) Acts (7) Genesis (2) Hebrews (1) Isaiah (1) Jeremiah (1) Job (1) John (4) Jonah (1) Luke (9) Mark (1) Matthew (3) Newsletters (1) Ruth (2)
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Assistant Regional Managers of the planet
Isaiah 11.1–9
Read more: Assistant Regional Managers of the planetGod made sky and water and earth and heaven and birds and fish and beasts and creeping things and plants and called all of it good. Then, to top it all off, God made humans. God said “let us make humankind in our image, after our likeness, and they shall rule the fish of the…
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I’d like to speak to God, please
Job 12–13; 38–39
Read more: I’d like to speak to God, pleaseThe book of Job has something of a reputation for being a book about suffering, but I think that’s not the whole picture. I can see why people think of Job and think of suffering. Suffering is both the inciting incident and the setting of the book. I just don’t think it’s about suffering. I…
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You should probably have imposter syndrome
Ruth 1.1–19
Read more: You should probably have imposter syndromeThe passage Joe just read is the opening to the book of Ruth, a short story found in the portion of the Hebrew Scriptures that Christians have adopted as canon. In Jewish canon, it’s grouped with the five megillot, or scrolls—a collection of books that, liturgically, accompany Jewish festivals. The book of Ruth accompanies the…
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Why I won’t give up the “s” word
Luke 11.49-52; 18.1-8
Read more: Why I won’t give up the “s” wordEach of the gospels–Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John–have their own way of telling the story of Jesus. The author of Luke gave us a literary epic. We get the whole story of Jesus, from birth to resurrection, with a big chunk in the middle that is focused on Jesus’ public teachings. Luke spends 60% of…