Seeds & Jewels

Hurray! The first edition of Sofa Conversations was a blast. We had so much fun, learnt new things and made new friends.   (please keep reading)

“It just tastes wrong” the Judge said to Anna. Confused, Anna rushed back to the kitchen. What had she done wrong? She had followed the recipe to a T, yet even she could taste the lack of savour. Perhaps she could do it all again. Anna started, 1 tsp of baking soda, 1 cup of all-purpose flour, 1 cup of plant based milk, 1 tsp of vanilla flavouring, 1 tbsp of sugar and 1 tsp of salt. She threw these ingredients into the mixing bowl and mixed to perfection. Once she had achieved the desired fluffiness, Anna poured the mixture into a hot saucepan and fried in batches.

Have you ever considered the life of Joseph? Think about it, his life seemed riddled with irony. Loved and favoured by his father, yet hated and framed by his brothers. Trusted by Potiphar, yet tempted by Potiphar’s wife. Abased in the prison, yet exalted as a prime minister. In spite of all these, Joseph lived a life of service. Join Lesson 1 for the reading on Joseph here. We know the story of the “Coat of Many Colours”, or a tunic as referred to by the Bible. This was an outright display of Jacob’s love for his son Joseph. Joseph was Jacob’s son of his old age, his beloved, and the tunic sealed his place as the favourite son. To learn more about Joseph’s life of service, and the significance of his “tunic of many colours”, please read through Lesson 1 of the Strategies For Living Course. While the course may have ended, the materials are available for self-paced study without certification. Be sure to visit our course page  for more information.