When I call, answer me…..
About ten years ago, Andy went for an MRI scan on his bad back. He was given the panic button to hold and pushed into the machine. He suddenly realised that he still had...
Author: Helen Redfern
An alien in a foreign land
Today we move on. Today we look at Exodus 2:15-21. Today is a new day. Yesterday we heard how Moses killed an Egyptian in anger (in part righteous anger but uncontrollable nevertheless) who was...
A volcano in my tummy
I don’t know about you but we have real issues with anger in our house. Which is ironic, because growing up, anger was never outwardly expressed in my home. I never heard my parents...
Some of the realities of adoption…..
Exodus 2:1-10 briefly tells the well-known story of Moses’ early years – how when he was born, his mother saved him from certain death by putting him in the reeds by the River Nile...
‘They’re taking all our jobs!’
You must have heard this line. You may even have said it. Or thought it, even if you have not voiced it aloud. It’s a natural human instinct to feel threatened by the outsider...
A race to the end!
OK, so I haven’t judged this very well and with this the last day of September, it’s going to be a race to the end. A bit like my Sunday dinners – all lovely...
How to get rid of a brother
Joseph really didn’t help himself – Joseph, a young man of 17, was tending his flocks with his brothers…..and he brought their father a bad report about them. Genesis 37:2 No one likes a...
Setting the scene
I’d love to rush on to all the familiar excitement of the story of Joseph and his amazing technicolour dreamcoat, but first we must set the scene and journey through the less familiar territory...
Love at first sight – and then seven years of waiting!
Challenge: Take fifteen minutes today to read Genesis chapters 29 to 31. I promise you – you won’t be disappointed. This series of events would make a great film script. Honestly, you couldn’t make...
The grand deception
Sorry to all the Rebecca’s out there, but I really struggle with the Rebekah presented to us in Genesis 27. I’ll tell you the story and I think you’ll see why. The last chapter...
