Category: When it all goes wrong…..

I’m new to the whole mother-in-law, daughter-in-law thing. I’ve only been a mother-in-law for ten days. And it’s been easy so far. I’ve known my daughter-in-law since she was 15. She’s grown up around...

So it appears that Moses has one more thing to do before he can call it a day – “Take vengeance on the Midianites for the Israelites. After that, you will be gathered to...

Peer pressure is not always as blatant as ‘I won’t be your friend if you won’t do this!’ or ‘Come on! Everyone’s doing it! Stop being such a coward!’. Peer pressure can be much...

Let me tell you a story. There were once three men called Korah, Dathan and Abiram. They were from the tribe of Levi, the people set aside to serve in the Tabernacle. Now this...

So yesterday we saw how God showed the envoys the joys of the Promised Land and how most of them then got cold feet. Joshua and Caleb tried to convince the people that it...

My sister used to attend a church when her kids were young where they said a prayer every week thanking God for the ‘joys of family life’.  Some weeks she could wholeheartedly say those...

Forty days and nights is no time at all really. Barely six weeks. It can feel a long period if you have given something up for Lent, I suppose, or if you are waiting...

‘Do not steal.’ Simple, eh? Nothing is ever simple. Today we look at the blurred lines around the edges. Exodus 22:1-15 details some of the punishments and restitution for stealing in some very specific...

Exodus 21:12-36 is basically an amplification of the commandment ‘Do not murder.’ It details exactly what to do  in all sorts of very specific situations – manslaughter, deliberate murder, patricide, grievous bodily harm, actual...

Water, food and a fair bit of grumbling……that’s what we’re looking at today in Exodus 15:22 – 17:7. God has just done an amazing thing for the Israelites and they have celebrated with singing...