There are many stories in the Bible about siblings and about families. However, there aren’t that many “good” stories about siblings or families in the Bible. I don’t mean the stories are fundamentally bad, but rather, the siblings and families are frequently acting in bad ways. This Sunday’s Old Testament lesson is part of the […]
We are all in the family
Merry Christmas! We are all in the family, the same family. Our New Testament lesson for today makes it very clear, “God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law, in order to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as children.” (Galatians 4:4b-5 NRSV) This […]
Thankful for all those siblings
Thanksgiving Sunday, at least in Canada. As you know if you’ve been following me for any length of time you know I don’t pay a lot of attention to the secular calendar when it comes to what I talk about on Sunday. I don’t dislike Fathers/Mothers Day or any of the others but I don’t […]