The Restory Retreat Centre

  Die Bybel - Eg Menslik   Die Gesprek  Elemente Uit Die Gesprek  “I know that the Bible is a special kind of book, but I find it as seductive as any other. If I am not careful, I can begin to mistake the words on the page for the realities they describe. I can begin to love the dried ink marks on the page more  than I love the encounters that gave rise to them. If I am not careful,  I can decide that I am really much happier reading my Bible than I am entering into what God is doing in my own time and place,  since shutting the book to go outside will involve the very great risk  of taking part in stories that are still taking shape.  Neither I nor anyone else knows how these stories will turn out,  since at this point they involve more blood than ink.  The whole purpose of the Bible, it seems to me,  is to convince people to set the written word down  in order to become living words in the world for God's sake.  For...

  Ek Is, En Bewustelik Leef Die Gesprek Elemente Uit Die Gesprek Ons kan baie leer by die Jode wat die Ou Testament met ons deel, veral t.o.v hul benadering wanneer daar verskil van mening is. In 'n gesprek met die skrywer, Rachel Held Evans rondom die tema  Unraveling and Re-raveling the Bible , sê sy die volgende hieroor: ____________________ So I did this year of Biblical womanhood [which turned into a book]… and the project was probably the first time I spent a good amount of time speaking with and studying Jewish interpretations of the text. [In the process] I got to know an Orthodox Jewish lady named Ahava who helped me with some of the weird stuff that I had to do through the year following all those laws from Hebrew Scripture. Just getting to know her and getting to know some Jewish interpreters and seeing the Bible from that perspective really resonated with the invitation into questioning, that is just at the at the heart of how they engage. Ahava’s husband is a rabb...

Die Hoop wat in ons Lewe In hierdie dae kom vers 15 van 1 Petrus 3 telkens by my op: "Wees altyd gereed om 'n antwoord te gee aan elkeen wat van julle 'n verduideliking eis oor die hoop wat in julle lewe." Die mense aan wie Petrus skryf  leef versprei    as ‘n klein minderheid  in die noordelike dele van  Klein-Asi ë, vandag se  Turkye.  Hulle kry swaar, want hulle   pas  maar net nie in die  samelewing waarin hulle hul bevind  in  nie.  As gelowiges  word h ulle as “anders” beskou  en sulke mense het di t  nog  nooit  maklik  gehad   nie.  Daarom  beskryf  Petrus hulle as vreemdelinge en bywoners.   En tog, ten spyte van hul moeilike  omstandighede het hulle iets gehad wat die mense  gefasineer het.  Daardie mense het by hulle gekom en gesê : “Ons weet vir ‘n feit jul lewens is nie maklik nie . En tog is daar ‘n lewendighe...