Origin Stories

Origin Stories

The Bible is filled with origin stories – it’s the origin story of our faith, setting up laws and morals to sustain a developing community that will become a nation, helping us to find our place in God’s world.
The characters in these stories are just like us – they’ve faced trauma, they’ve made bad choices, they’re not perfect – and yet they are all chosen and called by God.

Clear Answers

Clear Answers

Jacob’s duplicitous nature leaves space for my own.

The forgiveness that he is given by God and (eventually) by the brother he wronged tells us that we can do the same – we can be forgiven and we can forgive.

We can wrestle with our misunderstandings and our ignorance just like Jacob wrestled with – well, whoever he wrestled with.

Answered Prayers

Answered Prayers

It often takes me a while to recognize the way that my prayers are answered. My needs aren’t always supplied the way I expect. And there are plenty of times that I find myself laughing when I do: laughing at the fact that I didn’t see God at work at first, laughing at God’s creativity, laughing at God’s audacity to believe in me.