This week BibleWorm reads Genesis 18:1-15 and Genesis 21:1-7 – texts that tell us of baby Isaac’s imminent, and then actual, arrival. When the three men come to Abraham and tell him that this baby will indeed be born to these two nonagenarians, Sarah famously laughs.
We wonder what is going through Sarah’s mind and heart at this moment, and what’s in there when she denies it, and again, when that moment of laughter becomes memorialized in the name of her beloved son. Sometimes the gravitas of trying to have a relationship with the Divine makes things a little serious. But this story made us wonder - what is the role of laughter and joyful surprise in our lives of faith?
Episode 241 (Replay) Everything is Vapor (Ecclesiastes 1:1-3 and 8:16-9:10)
Episode 240 The Fruit of the Spirit (Acts 2:1-4 & Galatians 5:16-26)
Episode 239 Unity in Christ (Galatians 3:1-9, 23-29)
Episode 238 Faith and Torah (Galatians 1:13-17 & 2:11-21)
Episode 237 The Council at Jerusalem (Acts 15:1-21)
Episode 236 Philip and the Ethiopian Eunuch (Acts 8:26-39)
Episode 235 The Stoning of Stephen (Acts 6:1-7:2, 44-60)
Episode 234 The Road to Emmaus (Luke 24:13-35)
Episode 233 Resurrection and Remembrance (Luke 24:1-12)
Episode 232 Good Friday SPECIAL EPISODE (Luke 23:32-49)
Episode 231 Palm Sunday without the Palms (Luke 19:29-44)
Episode 230 The Blind Man and Zacchaeus (Luke 18:31-19:10)
Episode 229 The Rich Man and Lazarus (Luke 16:19-31)
Episode 228 Lost Sheep, Lost Coin, Lost Son (Luke 15:1-32)
Episode 227 The Parable of the Fig Tree (Luke 13:1-9, 31-35)
Episode 226 Eternal Life and Truly Living (Luke 10:25-42)
Episode 225 Ash Wednesday SPECIAL EPISODE (Luke 9:51-62)
Episode 224 The Mount of Transfiguration (Luke 9:28-45)
Episode 223 Of Centurions and Widows (Luke 7:1-17)
Episode 222 Sabbath Controversies (Luke 6:1-16)
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