Job 38-41 We’ve been spending the last few weeks going through a very difficult book in the Bible, Job. If you have been with us each week, or have caught up with the podcast, you know that we’ve been trying to discern what wisdom the book has when referring to how we deal with suffering. […]

Job 32-37 When we last left Job, three friends, Eliphaz, Bildad and Zophar, who had come to comfort him in his great suffering, became a cruel extension of his agonizing pain. Initially, they had let their presence – their solidarity in sitting with Job in his grief for a week – do all the talking. […]

Job 32-37 When we last left Job, three friends, Eliphaz, Bildad and Zophar, who had come to comfort him in his great suffering, became a cruel extension of his agonizing pain. Initially, they had let their presence – their solidarity in sitting with Job in his grief for a week – do all the talking. […]

Job 3 – 31 Suffering is a part of life. At some point in our lives and usually more often than once, we all experience pain. When we do, the immediate question most of us ask is “Why?” The more we have suffered or the more acutely we feel the pain of our loss, the […]

Job 3 – 31 Suffering is a part of life. At some point in our lives and usually more often than once, we all experience pain. When we do, the immediate question most of us ask is “Why?” The more we have suffered or the more acutely we feel the pain of our loss, the […]

Job 1-2 There is almost nothing more certain in life than suffering. We all encounter it. It can show up anytime, anywhere, with anybody. Suffering comes in all sizes and varieties – big and small. You stub your toe. You come down with the flu. You lose your job. Someone steals your car. You are […]

Job 1-2 There is almost nothing more certain in life than suffering. We all encounter it. It can show up anytime, anywhere, with anybody. Suffering comes in all sizes and varieties – big and small. You stub your toe. You come down with the flu. You lose your job. Someone steals your car. You are […]

Song of Songs 8:4-7 Sparks were flying last week as we engaged in the first half of our exploration of one of the most unread, rarely taught and typically overlooked or ignored parts of the Bible: the Song of Songs. Belonging to the wisdom section of the Bible, sometimes this book is referred to as […]

Song of Songs 8:4-7 Sparks were flying last week as we engaged in the first half of our exploration of one of the most unread, rarely taught and typically overlooked or ignored parts of the Bible: the Song of Songs. Belonging to the wisdom section of the Bible, sometimes this book is referred to as […]

Song of Songs Our summer vacation from “The Story” – a condensed narrative presentation of the scriptures – and into the Wisdom literature – the more poetic, reflective and less story-driven section of the Bible – leads us this Sunday into the Song of Songs. This book is a unique and distinctive member of the […]