Micha Jazz
Micha Jazz is Director of Resources at Waverley Abbey, UK.
Isaiah 9:1–7 ‘The people walking in darkness have seen a great light…’ (v2)
What does it feel like to live ‘in the land of deep darkness’ (v2)? Depression or grief can feel like a life where someone has switched all...
Hosea 11:1–12 ‘How can I give you up, Ephraim? How can I hand you over, Israel?’ (v8)
It is hard to envisage anything so bad that a parent would choose to turn away from their grown-up child, but addiction is...
Micah 5:1–6 ‘And he will be our peace when the Assyrians invade our land and march through our fortresses.’ (v5)
If you’ve ever been asked to read from Micah 5 at a Christmas service, you’ll know that the word ‘Ephrathah’...
Isaiah 7:13–23 ‘Before the boy knows enough to reject… wrong… the land of the two kings you dread will be laid waste.’ (v16)
In its original context, the verse about the virgin giving birth is NOT about Jesus. Let me...
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...
