There was no donkey…or inn…or stable…
Today we arrive at the account of the greatest moment in all of history: the birth of Jesus, God’s son, in human form. It’s a well-known passage, the story that all the nativity scenes...
Category: The journey
A day is coming….and can come into our lives every single day in oh so many ways…
A day is coming… The day of the Lord is coming… More suffering is on its way for the city of Jerusalem and its people. But on that day that is coming, God will...
I choose to be holy
Refiner’s Fire Purify my heart Let me be as gold and precious silver Purify my heart Let me be as gold, pure gold Refiner’s fire My heart’s one desire Is to be holy Set...
It always comes back to truth
The Lord, who stretches out the heavens, who lays the foundation of the earth, and who forms the human spirit within a person, declares: Zechariah 12:1 What a great way to open the twelfth...
Me too: exposing the shepherds who were supposed to care for and protect their sheep
We carry on with the theme of sheep and shepherds in today’s passage from Zechariah 11. Now it’s time for a little roleplay. God asks Zechariah to imagine that he is the shepherd of...
Be careful who you listen to; be careful who you trust
Chapter 10 of the book of Zechariah contains a clear warning. Be careful who you listen to; be careful who you trust. Zechariah is talking about the false prophets, the diviners, the idols, the...
Crowning the priest – what’s that all about?
Having looked at the eight visions Zechariah received from God, we now move on to more practical instructions. Practical instructions that are still pretty weird and wonderful! Take silver and gold from the exiles...
Recognising that God’s spirit is at work all around us all the time – and even within us!
VISION#6: the flying scroll The next vision that Zechariah receives is simple and clear. He sees a flying scroll (reminiscent of a Harry Potter scene): a huge flying scroll – about 30 feet long and...
Does anyone dare despise this day of small beginnings?
VISION#5: the gold lampstand and the two olive trees This next vision in this series of night visions given to the prophet Zechariah seems more complicated and difficult to figure out so I turned...
Time to consider what we’re doing and why we’re doing it….
Now we come to a tricky section in the second chapter of Haggai. It’s hard to understand and even harder to explain. So leave it out, my husband suggests, skip over it. He should...
