Author: Helen Redfern

So in the last blog, we learnt this – On the first day of the seventh month they began to offer burnt offerings to the Lord, though the foundation of the Lord’s temple had...

Something a bit different today – a passage straight from Ezra 3, followed by some thoughts arising from it. When the seventh month came and the Israelites had settled in their towns, the people...

Remember where we left off yesterday? The people have returned to Jerusalem to rebuild their city and restore their temple after seventy years in exile in Babylon. Most of them will never have experienced...

Seventy years is a long time. A very long time. It’s been seventy years since God’s people were exiled from Jerusalem and the temple ransacked and the city destroyed. Seventy years since family and...

Well, hello Ezra! It’s been a while. A few weeks in fact since we finished looking at 2 Chronicles. I don’t know about you, but there’s been plenty going on in my life. I’ve...

I often struggle with being labelled a Christian. Not because I am ashamed to be a follower of the one true God. Far from it. No, it’s because of the label and what people...

I had a lovely time at church yesterday – which inspired me to post this on Facebook – I love our church – crazy mix of real people with flaws and amazingness all sprinkled...

I’ve covered this idea before, I know – maybe more than once. No apologies though. This is what stood out to me as I read on in 2 Chronicles and it bears repeating. In...