Who do you work for?

in Thoughts  by Celia 0 comments

You are to have no other gods before me. You are not to make for yourselves a carved image or any kind of representation of anything in heaven above, on the earth beneath or on the water below the shoreline.  You are not to bow down to them or serve them; for I, ADONAI, your God, am a jealous God…

 Exodus 20: 3-5a Complete Jewish Bible

 It appears there is some recessive gene in my family, which expresses itself as you get older and makes you very interested in Hebrew word definitions.

It is disconcerting to be turning into older relatives in ways I did not expect but I am glad for it because it lights up the Bible in a whole new way.

The word translated ‘serve’ in the Ten Commandments above is the Hebrew abad which means “to work or serve”.

It is first used in Genesis 2 when humans are told to abad the Garden of Eden. (Genesis 2:5,15)

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The Air I Breathe

in Thoughts / Uncategorized  by Jinha Kim 0 comments

Micah had an asthma attack last night.  It was around midnight, and he was crying that he couldn’t breathe.  I rushed into the room with his inhaler and tried to calm him down so that he could get the ventolin puffs.  But he was too distressed to take a good deep breath in.  I tried to stay calm, but I was also panicking, because if he didn’t breathe in the much-needed medicine, he could literally run out of breath. 

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The Rhythm of the Christian Life

in Sermons / Videos / Podcasts  by Jinha Kim 0 comments

We are facing an energy crisis in today’s society – not just in terms of the energy resources of our planet, but a personal energy crisis – where demand in our lives is increasingly outweighing our capacity to give. By looking at the life of Jesus, we can find principles on how to live a balanced life between work and rest. Guest speaker Hannah Andrykanus

Tricky Question of Power

in Thoughts  by Celia 0 comments

I have found myself thinking a lot about the situation around Israel Folau.

A lot of the debate around what has happened seems a bit reductive and seems to boil down to do I personally agree with him or not?

However there is, of course, a lot more going on.

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