Evading the Wrath of God

Evading the Wrath of God

Amos 5 (NRSV) 20 Is not the day of the Lord darkness, not light,    and gloom with no brightness in it? 21 I hate, I despise your festivals,    and I take no delight in your solemn assemblies. 22 Even though you offer me your burnt offerings and grain offerings,    I...
Carefully Created

Carefully Created

Genesis 1 (NRSV) 24 And God said, “Let the earth bring forth living creatures of every kind: cattle and creeping things and wild animals of the earth of every kind.” And it was so. 25 God made the wild animals of the earth of every kind and the cattle of every kind...
Signs & Seasons

Signs & Seasons

Genesis 1 (NRSV) 14 And God said, “Let there be lights in the dome of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them be for signs and for seasons and for days and years, 15 and let them be lights in the dome of the sky to give light upon the earth.” And it...
A Fruitful Land

A Fruitful Land

Genesis 1 (NRSV) 9 And God said, “Let the waters under the sky be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear.” And it was so. 10 God called the dry land Earth, and the waters that were gathered together he called Seas. And God saw that it was...