Genesis 9:18–11:32

Man hands on misery to man. | It deepens like a coastal shelf. | Get out as early as you can | And don’t have any kids yourself. — Philip Larkin

Now we are on Ham and Shem and Babel… and the best thing we could think of – the very first thing we both quoted at each…

Setting Out [Genesis 1:1–2]

We have a plan for Genesis which has unfolded over the nine months. There is now a spreadsheet… Our plan, essentially, is not to stick to study guides but also to explore other texts devotionally, like Soren Kierkegaarde’s Fear and Trembling, which is my partner’s challenging…

Genesis 2

Yes, we got there! It took us a couple of days, and not even consecutive days, with discussions in between, but we finally finished Genesis 1. We began to realise that our 66-Book Bible Study was going to last the rest of our natural lives.

1. How is the condition of the earth in vv. 4–6…

Genesis 1: Days 4–5

So we continue — we kept thinking of things outside of ‘Bible Study time’ and talked about the themes as we were going for long walks (it was summer and we wanted to spend some time outdoors!). Here’s the next part with some of the questions we asked/we were asked/we felt challenged by.

Genesis 6–7

NB: Oops. Published chapters 4–5 before 2 and 3! They are all up, just out of sync!!

I make notes on all our studies together. The note I have at the start of this one reads: “We again discuss Lamech as ‘evil personified’, the lines of Cain and Seth, ages of people, etc. We…

First Steps

Every journey begins somewhere. Ours began on Twitter.

Through some providential twists, we Followed each other and started RTing each other’s tweets. I had no idea that I was his internet crush: he was “trying not to be creepy” and succeeded in giving me no hints at all. I…