Thinking and Learning

In the classic movie "The Princess Bride", the hero has been tortured by sucking the life out of him. His friends take his body to...

John 8 tells a story of a woman who was caught in adultery and dragged before Jesus. Knowing that the law condemned her to death, they...

Here are some stories I heard this week from the disabled community: I applied for a job where I know they offer great support for...

The gospel of John is full of hints! (Scholars use the Biblical word "signs" but "hints" is a far more fun way to look at it!) There are...

A teacher told me about arriving at school one morning, to see a group of little children ripping down the blossom buds of a tree and...

Often people complain about “political correctness”, a sense of being forced to say things that won’t offend others, when they really...

When we go through trials, the quality of our character is exposed. In James 1, the word for trial is the same as the word for...

Have you ever been trapped in your own head? 1 John was written in a time where the gnostic movement was confusing people - saying that...

In Romans 5 it says that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance produces character; and character produces hope. In James 1 it...

I never thought I’d be into this, but I like Avenger movies. I completely ignored Thor and Iron Man and Captain America, but one day...

Imagine yourself in Mary’s place. She’s pregnant and unmarried, she’s off to another village to visit her cousin Elizabeth and stay with...

There are loads of ways people prepare for Christmas - ordering food, decorating, buying and wrapping gifts. John the Baptist said...

The chapters of Genesis 39-41 are where we see God upset the order of politics. An Israelite becomes the Minister for Agriculture and the...

The story of Joseph in Genesis 37-50 is a ripper of a story! It has loads of action and drama and suspense. It doesn’t mention God very...

In Acts 3, a man who couldn't walk was healed and turned his walking and leaping as praise and a testimony to everyone around of God's...

The early church prepared for action and was empowered for further action when they sorted out their leadership. We have two stories of...

One of the difficult tasks we have in grief and trauma is making meaning. Let’s face it, we have been going through grief and trauma...

The Book of Proverbs has lots of sayings about friendship. As we sift through them, we can imagine that there are different levels of...

When my husband James and I had just been married, the first book of the Bible we read together was Proverbs – we figured we needed some...

Who are you most intimidated by? Are you most likely to flatter them, attack them, mock them, or talk behind their back? Proverbs has...