Author: Helen Redfern

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Pray naked

This morning, I’ve read on a good few chapters…..early on in my reading, a phrase stood out and yet I kept reading on….and now almost an hour later, I’ve come back to that phrase....

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Compelled and afraid…….

Today we move along swiftly to an interesting story I discovered in 2 Chronicles 18. After years of mistrust and animosity between Judah and Israel, the current kings have reached an uneasy alliance. Ahab...

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Made to last

I’ve always found the concept of built-in obsolescence fascinating and disturbing. The idea that a product is designed and manufactured NOT to last beyond a certain period of time. It’s the opposite of sustainability....

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Glory

Glory. Not a word we use very often. Maybe in a football chant – ‘Glory glory Man United’ – when it’s all about winning and success and victory and being the best and supremacy....

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Where does God live?

The next few chapters of 2 Chronicles are all about building the temple, ‘the dwelling place for the Most High’ – a place for God to live. How is that even possible? Where would...

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What do you want from me?

Hey, it’s been a while. The longest break we’ve had in this journey to date. Which I have really appreciated and I hope you have too. I’ve been on quite a personal journey in...

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Famous last words

Famous last words. The last words spoken take on a special significance. Like these famous last words from Sir Isaac Newton – “I don’t know what I may seem to the world. But as...

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The chance to say goodbye….

We had no chance to say goodbye. There were no final words. No one warned us that the unthinkable was about to happen. After all, she was in hospital being cared for by professionals....

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‘Satan rose up against Israel…..’

As you know, we are currently jogging through 1 Chronicles and only bringing to attention anything that is substantially different to the Books of Samuel and Kings that have been covered in the previous...