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Psalm 51

God uses loved, mended, broken people to bring broken people to be mended and loved. It’s like Eton Mess - crushed fruit, broken meringue, bashed-up cream – yet so good. Our broken-ness, in God, is...

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Hosea 11:1-11

This is a beautiful passage of God’s love for his children. And this is not some distant father dashing out of his study to pat the washed and brushed children on the head before nanny puts them to...

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Genesis 32:22-31 – Given, Not Taken

The wrestler does not fulfil Jacob’s hunger for blessing right away, but instead directs Jacob’s attention to the root of the problem, his name. Jacob has spent his life living up to his name (it means...

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2 Samuel 11:26 – 12:13a – On Top of Mount Stupid

Doing A common New Testament word we translate as ‘sin’ is ἁμαρτία (hamartia), and it’s used for when you throw a spear but miss the target. So sin is missing God’s target. We can play a game to...

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Passing Through Things Eternal – Luke 12:13-21

Active Meditation Passing Through Things Temporal A prayer made famous by C. S. Lewis asks that God help us to ‘pass through things temporal, that we lose not the things eternal’. Here is an active...

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Psalm 51

God uses loved, mended, broken people to bring broken people to be mended and loved. It’s like Eton Mess - crushed fruit, broken meringue, bashed-up cream – yet so good. Our broken-ness, in God, is...

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