Gabriella (six) and I are talking through the bible – the major stories – on Tuesday mornings. This morning we were in Genesis 3, what the heading in her bible calls THE FALL. After we read it together and I explained in six year-old-ese what was going on in the… Read More
Archive Tag: genesis
Lobby Lady
“I just want you to know one thing,” she said. “God elevates some to great positions so that He may use them to humble the wicked.” “Ok.” I said, confused about what this had to do with the eight blessings I’d just spoken about. She used the word “wicked,” a… Read More
Desire
After Man’s aspirations to trump God’s I.Q. tripped him into mortality, God mercifully spared him and Woman but left them forever changed. Cursed. Man’s work became a tiresome burden and Woman writhed with agony as she pushed life from her body. Those were their yokes to bear alone. But they… Read More
Listening Good
I’ve been reading all evening in Walter Brueggemann’s commentary on Genesis in preparation for teaching “creation” at IKON tomorrow night. The man’s brilliant but, like most theologians by trade, boring – to me anyway. Something gets lost in a bookcase of theology books that poetry’s snapshots, in spite of all… Read More