BALAAM: Saddled Vision - Numbers 22:21-35

Imagination is vital to an understanding of faith that goes beyond one’s experience and understanding.

CLEOPAS: A Resurrection of Understanding - Luke 24:13-35

Apart from scripture, Jesus, and the community of other believers faith becomes just another “thing” in our lives.

Elisha: Re-Visioning Your World - 2 KIngs 6:8-23

Either the circumstances of life shape our view of things or our view of things shape our circumstances.

ELIJAH: Getting Up From Getting Down - 1 Kings 19

Elijah needed God’s help in getting up from being down.  If depression can come to prophets then none of us are exempt.

Absalom: Hanging Between Heaven and Earth - 2 Samuel 13:20-29; 14:28-33; 15:1-10

Everything in the narrative of Absalom’s life is the story of the long-term continuing effects and ultimate consequence of a vengeful spirit.

Pharisaism: The Religion of Some People - Luke 18:9-14

Grace withheld is a grace that has not yet been experienced.

Rahab: A Strange Bedfellow - Joshua 2, 6:22-25

Rahab is but another reminder that what God’s story of salvation is being accomplished not on the backs of flawless saints but flawed sinners saved by grace.