Why did God allow the Fall? Why didn’t He simply begin again? The opening chapters of Genesis raise profound questions that Scripture does not answer directly. Yet by carefully following the biblical narrative, we can glimpse something of the astonishing wisdom and love of God. These reflections are not presented as doctrine, but as reverent meditation on how Eden, the Cross and God’s purpose for humanity may be connected.
As I read Luke’s account of the birth of John the Baptist, I found myself asking a simple but profound question. If God is the Author of every human life, and if every child is known personally by Him from the very beginning, how should that change the way we look at one another? Perhaps the command to love one another begins, not with trying harder, but with learning to see people through the eyes of their Creator.
Has climate concern deliberately become climate anxiety? Christians are called to stewardship, but never to live beneath fear. Scripture points us back to trust, proportion, and the sovereignty of God.
Romans 1:20 declares that God’s invisible attributes are clearly seen through creation itself. The universe is not silent or accidental. From the mathematics of the stars to the mystery of life in a seed, creation continually points beyond itself to the eternal power and divine nature of its Creator.
Bread does not begin in human effort, but in divine gift. The life we now live is not our own, but Christ in us—received, not achieved—sustaining us now and into eternity. In that light, how should we receive the bread at holy communion?