Enough for Today: What Manna Teaches Us About Goodness
Through the story of manna in the wilderness, we discover that goodness isn't about being the fastest or strongest — it's about everyone having enough and everyone finding rest.
David Barrow
When God Dismantles the Storehouse: Manna and the Politics of Abundance
In the manna story, God doesn't just feed hungry people—God dismantles the imperial economy of scarcity and replaces it with a radically different system built on trust, rest, and just distribution.
When God Seems Silent: Seeing Through the Eyes of the Oppressed
An imaginative retelling of Israelite slavery in Egypt invites us to feel the weight of oppression and the quiet hope that someone bigger than Pharaoh is watching.
God in the Brickyard: Faith, Work, and Industrial Relations in Exodus 5
Exodus 5 reveals God's deep concern for fairness at work — hearing the cries of exploited laborers, noticing impossible quotas, and refusing to be neutral about stolen labor. Faithfulness isn't reserved for Sunday; it belongs on Tuesday morning too.
They Chose the Baby: What Faith Looked Like That Day
Through the eyes of a child in ancient Egypt, we glimpse the courageous faith of the Hebrew midwives who, when forced to choose between Pharaoh's rule and a newborn's life, chose the baby.
Holy Cheek: How God Begins Liberation Through Ordinary People at Work
In the story of the midwives Shiphrah and Puah, we discover that liberation doesn't begin with a burning bush—it begins with ordinary people deciding that obedience to God sets limits on what the state, the boss, or the system can ask of them.
The World Joseph Helped Build
Through the eyes of a child in ancient Egypt, we glimpse the uncomfortable truth about systems that look organized but feel deeply wrong — and how even biblical heroes like Joseph helped build them.
Joseph: The Mirror of Empire
A fresh look at Joseph—not as the technicolor hero of Sunday school, but as a cautionary tale about how gifted, capable people become agents of empire, and what that mirror reveals about us.
22nd February, 2026 (Year A – Lent 1) “Moses & the Job of Cosmic Abundance”
In the text, Moses has moved out of the Empire and is in the wilderness with his people living in tents. God provides to their worried minds about the need of sustenance, a rain of bread comes in the morning, so their bellies have food. He assures them hoarding of food is not needed. Abundance in scripture is about how life is organised so that all have enough.
22nd February, 2026 (Year A – Lent 1) “Moses & the Job of Cosmic Abundance”
In the text, Moses has moved out of the Empire and is in the wilderness with his people living in tents. God provides to their worried minds about the need of sustenance, a rain of bread comes in the morning, so their bellies have food. He assures them hoarding of food is not needed. Abundance in scripture is about how life is organised so that all have enough.
15th February, 2026 (Year A – Transfiguration of Jesus) “The Brickmakers & God with us on the Job”
God takes note of brick quotas. God takes note of Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s). God takes notice when workers are shamed as “lazy” inside systems designed to break them. Work life and faith life are not separate. Faithfulness is often smaller and more local and God takes notice.
15th February, 2026 (Year A – Transfiguration of Jesus) “The Brickmakers & God with us on the Job”
God takes note of brick quotas. God takes note of Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s). God takes notice when workers are shamed as “lazy” inside systems designed to break them. Work life and faith life are not separate. Faithfulness is often smaller and more local and God takes notice.