BeaMidbar

Baptism and the Flood

Baptism and the Flood

This year, the RNLI celebrates its bicentenary. Since its formation, the charity has saved over 144,000 lives at sea. In 2022, they saved 389. Still, millennia after the the composition of today’s Bible readings, and after our recent eras of massive growth in maritime technology, and health and safety, the sea is a mighty adversary to be feared. An agent of chaos which cares not as it indiscriminately claims the lives of sailors, refugees, and holidaymakers.

Totally Different

Totally Different

God is totally different to us. God’s thoughts are not ours, and God’s ways are not ours.

Original Darkness

Original Darkness

Last week, I went to my cousin’s child’s baptism. Our family descended en masse to their local Methodist church, to watch as our first family member of a new generation was welcomed into a much larger family.