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Holy Week Thoughts--Sour Wine

By hgoodman - Posted on March 18th, 2008
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One of the things I've come to learn about John's Gospel is its rich literariness--the metaphors and images John employs throughout his writing.

Such as wine.

Here's how he ends the pericope about Jesus' death:

 

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Hello? McFly?

By hgoodman - Posted on March 5th, 2008
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Yesterday's reading for Lent was Mark 8:1-10, and today's continued through the end of the chapter. Jesus had been teaching for 3 days, and people had been listening. Can you imagine people stopping their lives--not even breaking for a meal--to listen to someone speak? After three days, Jesus tells the disciples to find these poor people food. He had compassion on them.

"Uh, yeah, Jesus?"

"Yes?"

The disciples look over their shoulders at the crowd. "We don't have any food."

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Sally's Dirge

By hgoodman - Posted on January 22nd, 2008
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God tested Abraham. Abraham didn't know he was being tested. He knew only that God asked him to slaughter his son.

Do you know how many times "son" is used in Genesis 22? In the first ten verses, Moses uses "son" seven times. Things like, "God said, 'Take your son--your only son, whom you love, Isaac--and go to the land of Moriah!'"

Questions storm my mind:

Would I? Could I? Raise my knife?

What kind of God would ask this? It's immoral, to say the least! It's evil.

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Dallas Events--Books and Such

By hgoodman - Posted on January 21st, 2008
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For those of you in the Dallas area, to keep you abreast of what's going on:

If you enjoy books, join us for the monthly book club. We meet at Christ Church, Plano at 7:30 the third Monday of the month with the exception of March, which will be the fourth Monday.

Tomorrow night, we'll be discussing Informed Consent by Sandra Glahn and the author will be joining us.

Email me at heatheragoodman [at] yahoo [dot] com for more information or leave a comment.

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Mentor Monday

By hgoodman - Posted on October 22nd, 2007
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Today I'm going to tell you about a woman I've never met but have long admired. I don't know much of her ministry, but what I do know challenges me daily.
She had nothing.
She was a widow, poor. But she loved God and determined to give Him everything.
The money she gave was neglatory compared to what the wealthy and businesses give just to get their tax write-offs. But she gave it all, and her motives were pure.
Not many noticed her. Her life was quiet, nondescript even. But it's a beautiful example of the poor ministering for Christ.
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What If I'm Pharaoh?

By hgoodman - Posted on September 5th, 2007
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Has the potter no right to make from the same lump of clay one vessel for special use and another for ordinary use? (Romans 9:21)
What if I'm Pharaoh? Or Esau? Okay, so I know that those examples are bad because I know that I'm a child of God. But what if I'm ordinary?
What if I'm not Esther or Ruth or even Rahab? What if my "for such a time as this" comes down to doing the laundry on a regular basis (and believe me, this is not such a time for that).
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What Leviticus Taught Me

By hgoodman - Posted on February 26th, 2007
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It taught me that Jesus was stubborn and impossible.
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Leah's Eyes

By hgoodman - Posted on December 1st, 2006
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I constantly learn from my Dad. This Thanksgiving was no exception. In the middle of some meal together (although not the Thanksgiving meal), my Dad asked me, “What do you think about Leah?” Now, this sounds out of context, but I know my Dad, and I know that he loves to talk about the Bible. I know only one Leah in the Bible, so I answered, “With her tender or nice or fine eyes?” Bingo! And we were off.
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The Power of Story

By hgoodman - Posted on October 16th, 2006
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My husband and I have been reading through Genesis. Here’s the thing about Genesis: Moses is telling this story to the Israelites, who are about to enter this scary land of Canaan with “giants” and all sorts of warriors. Moses can’t go with them. He’s staying behind, so he tells them this story to encourage them, something to take with them to remember about their God and their history. Some of those “what on earth?” passages begin to make sense.
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The Vineyard

By hgoodman - Posted on September 11th, 2006
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While we were in California, we visited the Firestone vineyard. (Yes, this is the same family that owns the tire, and yes, for those of you who followed The Bachelor, I learned that the single son is the Firestone bachelor. For any of you single gals out there, his bachelorette did not work out. He is still single.)
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