Category: The journey

The words of Nehemiah son of Hakaliah: In the month of Kislev in the twentieth year, while I was in the citadel of Susa, Hanani, one of my brothers, came from Judah with some...

Couldn’t resist writing this one. Not exactly part of this series but definitely part of my faith journey. This is me trying to work out how the Christian faith can be portrayed and conveyed...

Sin. It’s not a very popular word. It’s a word that is misunderstood, a word that has taken on a whole lot of meaning beyond what it actually means. It’s not a word I...

Ever been so ashamed by the inhumanity of us humans to other humans that you have no words to say? Ever been so appalled by our capacity for hatred and retaliation that your heart...

In chapter 8, the narrative now moves to the first person. The account is now delivered in Ezra’s own voice – These are the family heads and those registered with them who came up...

The book we are working through currently is called Ezra. We are over halfway through the book (there are only 10 chapters) and still haven’t been introduced to Ezra. Anyone notice that? Anyway, finally...

I love a good celebration. I’m smiling thinking back to my two book launch events. OK, so in some ways, it was no big deal. It wasn’t as if I’d been properly published or...

A year ago today, we did the unimaginable. I did the unimaginable. I packed up my daughter’s things in boxes and bags, took her and them to the Social Services offices and basically said...

Now Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the prophet, a descendant of Iddo, prophesied to the Jews in Judah and Jerusalem in the name of the God of Israel, who was over them. Then Zerubbabel...

I’m an ideas person. I can’t help it. It’s how I’m made. I have a million and one ideas flowing through me all at the same time. Projects and parties and challenges and improvements...