Micha Jazz
Micha Jazz is Director of Resources at Waverley Abbey, UK.
Deuteronomy 34:1–12 ‘I have let you see it with your eyes, but you will not cross over into it.’ (v4)
Rosalind Franklin was a scientist who helped discover the double helix structure of DNA. Sadly, she contracted cancer and died...
Exodus 13:17–22 ‘God did not lead them on the road through the Philistine country, though that was shorter.’ (v17)
Reading maps well is an acquired skill. A wiggly, winding road from point A to point B seems pointless when you...
Exodus 10:21–11:3 ‘The LORD made the Egyptians favourably disposed toward the people…’ (11:3)
There’s nothing like teaching a children’s Sunday school group to keep you theologically sharp, because children don’t shy away from asking difficult questions.
One pesky question about the...
Exodus 2:23–3:10 ‘The Israelites groaned in their slavery and cried out, and their cry for help... went up to God.’ (Exod. 2:23)
When we look at difficult situations in the world, our prayers can feel so puny. ‘Dear God, please...
Exodus 2:11–22 ‘He tried to kill Moses, but Moses fled from Pharaoh and went to live in Midian…’ (v15)
Nelson Mandela was always committed to non-violent protest against apartheid – until the Sharpeville Massacre of 1960 where sixty-nine black protestors...
Genesis 21:1–7 ‘God has brought me laughter, and everyone who hears about this will laugh with me.’ (v6)
Have you ever had a situation where you did something embarrassing, and everyone around you started laughing at you?
It’s the stuff of...
Genesis 18:1–15 ‘Sarah was afraid, so she lied and said, “I did not laugh.” But he said, “Yes, you did laugh.”’ (v15)
In counselling training, students are told they should try to mirror the person’s body language as far as...
Genesis 17:15–21 ‘I will bless her so that she will be the mother of nations; kings of peoples will come from her.’ (v16)
There are two types of people in life: those who act like they are the hero of...
Genesis 16:1–6 ‘The Lord has kept me from having children. Go, sleep with my slave…’ (v2)
Think of something you truly need or long for in this world in order to feel your life has meaning. Have you thought of...
Genesis 1:1–4 ‘Now the earth was formless and empty... and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.’ (v2)
How does the Bible begin? You might want to say, ‘with creation’, but look closer: it begins with waiting.
Before God...
