All posts tagged: God

400 Years of Promised Alienation

November 23, 2014
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Preaching the Whole Bible / Preaching the Word

I preached on Genesis 15 this morning. I decided in September to try and preach my way through the Bible start to finish, Genesis through Revelation, with seasonal pauses for Advent, Christmas, and Easter. Today is our last bit of Genesis before we break for some “here comes Jesus (again)” for Advent. We made it up to God’s promise to Abram–he hasn’t even received his new name yet (this sermon series will take years if […]

Dreams Released, Renewed, Reviewed

November 10, 2014
by birch & raven
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Adoption / Answering the Call / Wrestling with Angels

I always wanted a big family. When I was twelve, I read 19 Steps Up the Mountain, about a family with many adopted children who had a wide variety of special needs: a couple Korean boys with polio, an African-American girl with no arms or legs, a little Chinese girl with Down’s Syndrome, etc. I wanted to be like them. Big family. Lots of kids. Biological kid or two, but many adoptions. Special needs. When I […]