In ancient epistle, penned to his son in the faith that would carry on this ever-expanding journey of faith, the Apostle Paul captured the grand sweep of the Grand Story of God in six poetic lines that I’ll render here first in Paul’s original Greek...

Today’s Scripture reading:  Hebrews 11.32-40 MSG 

Today’s Scripture reading:  2 Kings 25.27-30; 2 Chronicles 36.22-23 MSG

Today’s Scripture reading:  2 Kings 17.6-15, 23 MSG 

Today’s Scripture reading:  1 Kings 15.25-32 MSG 

Today’s Scripture reading:  Acts 13.17-22; 7.46-47 NLT

It is said that in Henry Cowell State Park there is a redwood tree upwards of 1600 feet tall into which you can climb and stand fully upright – the tree’s roots having grown to provide a doorway, complete with a small staircase leading down into the earth. It’s that big. Or so Justin Roberts and Scott Erickson tell us in their book In the Low: honest prayers for dark seasons – in which they see that 1600-foot-tall tree as metaphor for – you guessed it – the Story:

Today’s Scripture reading:  Judges 21.23-25 MSG 

Today’s Scripture reading:  Joshua 7.15-17, 20-21 NLT

Today’s Scripture reading:  Exodus 33.18-23 MSG