by Anne Hamilton | Oct 29, 2021 | Covenant
In the last session I finished off by listing the different covenant stages I believe are meant to be part and parcel of a life following Jesus and walking in the presence of God. I am, as I admitted, unsure about the nuancing and sequencing towards the end but,...
by Anne Hamilton | Oct 22, 2021 | Covenant, Thresholds
At the end of the nineteenth century, there was still a reasonable awareness that more than one kind of covenant existed. As that knowledge began to wane, Henry Clay Trumbull collected together a treasure trove of cultural examples that displayed contemporary...
by Anne Hamilton | Oct 15, 2021 | Prayer
Dear God, dear loving God, I am at a loss as to how to process the unthinkable enormity of Your gift of covenant to humanity. That You should conceive of something so astoundingly wonderful is too marvellous for words. It has an incomparable beauty that tells of Your...
by Anne Hamilton | Oct 8, 2021 | Covenant
In my second year of teaching I was transferred up country to the smallest high school in the state. There were only four specialist teachers there and we quickly learned to adapt our skills. Between us, we taught every subject except woodwork. There were only...
by Anne Hamilton | Oct 1, 2021 | Covenant, Prayer
Some threshold traps are unavoidable. Life is full of situations where we find ourselves in the position of having to choose between the lesser of two evils. Sometimes, without warning, we may find ourselves asked to participate in a threshold covenant and there’s no...
