Our man in Haran. In Genesis 29-31, Jacob ends up on his Uncle Laban’s funny farm. Will Jacob end up in a straight jacket or will God help him thru this hilarious and trying time in Jacob’s life?

Our man in Haran. In Genesis 29-31, Jacob ends up on his Uncle Laban’s funny farm. Will Jacob end up in a straight jacket or will God help him thru this hilarious and trying time in Jacob’s life?

God’s Holy Family is a mess. Most families can relate at some time. What will God do?  Will he keep his promises rolling? God announces he is the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and we should find great comfort in that.

God’s Funny Royal Family continues with Isaac and Rebekah - they are flawed but faithful. That’s good news for all of us.

In Genesis 25 Abraham finally dies.  What do we make of the man that Jesus talks so much about, the ordinary husband and wife team that God attaches his name to?  God is the God of the ordinary and he makes a spectacular story out of the ordinary. That’s good news for us!

Isaac and Rebekah’s match making story and marriage occupies center stage of the book of Genesis because marriage is God’s thing - we need to look, smell and sip the meaning of this story.

Nothing to see here?  That would be a mistake. God’s mother of his plan of saving the world is dead. But her legacy continues on.

Christianity has two big celebrations (yules) and they begin with our sister Sara.

From the moment God calls Abe and us we are called to be the blesser in any and every room.

Genesis 19 is rarely read for good reason, it’s dark. And when it is read it is misused. God has a serious conversation about sex that we would do well to listen to. The good news is that God redeems us from our malpractice of sex and everything else.