Reading the Map: “The View” – Genesis 50
Since debuting in 1997, an American talk show broadcast on the ABC called “The View” has become a noted opportunity for celebrities to air their interesting and often provocative perspectives on contemporary issues. The show was created by Barbara Walters and Bill Geddie, and has …
Read MoreReading the Map: “Facing the Tests of Time” (part two) – Genesis 49
Built at the height of the Roman Empire, one of the most profound symbols of ancient power was built in the year 80 CE, a mere ten years after the Roman Emperor stole the goods of God’s Temple in Jerusalem. That symbol is none other …
Read MoreReading the Map: “Facing the Tests of Time” – Genesis 47-49
If you go to Florence, take the time to go down the back street to the Uffizi and see the eighteen foot tall Michelangelo statue of David. It once stood in front of the Palazzo Vecchio in the main square of the city of Florence, …
Read MoreReading the Map: “The Slalom Course of Righteousness”- Genesis 46:31-47:12
They released powerfully from the gate high on the mountaintop. The cold, harsh Alps winds blew onto the face of the skier, and they dropped immediately out of the little gate house onto the steep slope below. The downward thrust of gravity tugged them in …
Read MoreReading the Map: “The Measure of a Man” – Genesis 46
When I was a youth, Gene Getz had a book that was given to all of the young men who graduated from our high school youth group called “The Measure of a Man.” I don’t have the book anymore, so I “Googled” to try and …
Read MoreReading the Map: “A Time to Mend” – Genesis 44 and 45
A man backed his bright, shiny new Cadillac out of the driveway and headed for the freeway on his daily commute to work downtown. He was busily shaving himself as he drove–a normal operation for him. I suppose he had his radio on, and he …
Read MoreReading the Map: “Where the Roads Meet”- Genesis 43
It is likely that a childhood accident caused the poet Elizabeth Barrett to lead a life of semi-invalidism before she married Robert Browning in 1846. Still, there’s more to the story. In her youth, Elizabeth had been watched over by her tyrannical father. Elizabeth was …
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