the migrant wife

Sometimes I feel it is rather harsh to label people as ‘small people’ in the Bible, as if we ourselves are the big names and we just happened to go sifting through scripture, found a crumb of a person, and tried to understand who they were and what they were about. I don’t mean that… Continue reading

(image: Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, Elisha and the Shunammite woman, 1649) One reason I believe why Instagram has been so popular is that anybody can look important. Anybody can put up a video and act as an expert in anything. People who would otherwise live in relative obscurity can have a ‘platform’ if they wished.… Continue reading

Joanna of Chuza always fascinated me, not least because she had a pretty name. She first was introduced as one of the women healed by Jesus in Luke 8. She was also one of the first witnesses to the empty tomb on Resurrection Sunday in Luke 24 (depicted by the image above). She has been… Continue reading

In almost every Bible study I’ve been to, I have come away thinking, I really should pray more, pray better. That is a good thing. But how do I know if I’m doing it right? Sometimes, I really wish there was a golden standard against which I can measure my prayers. 7/10? Good enough, could… Continue reading

Lots of action can get lost in the books of Kings and Chronicles. Kings and nations being in sin. People not following God. Everything is bad. We are all waiting for Jesus.  In one sense, the pining for Christ is truly palpable. After all, God had promised a Messiah, but reality did not seem to… Continue reading

Time seems constantly to be both abundant and scarce when you’re a stay at home mum. You start the day with a to-do list of a few meagre inconsequential things, and suddenly it’s 9am and you’ve changed 5 nappies, did breakfast, washed up, cleaned the floors, put away laundry, and started dinner, and it doesn’t… Continue reading