in fear and wonder

“So, you’re religious right?” my colleague asks me at the start of my first shift at my new job. “How do you live differently because of your faith?” I mean, nice easy question to break the ice… but still, I tell her. I tell her that I read my bible and pray daily (okay… most days), I tell her I’m saving sex for when I’m married, that I give away a portion of my earnings to church and charities and prioritise going to church on Sunday. That’s basically all there is to it, right? Way back in the depths of the old testament in Genesis 15 God makes Abram a promise, and Abram asks how he can know that it will be true. (source: YouVersion bible app) The sun set, Abram fell into a deep sleep, and “a smoking firepot with a blazing torch appeared and passed between the pieces” where the blood of the cut animals pooled together. With no clear instruction as to what to do with the requested animals, Abram arranged them ready for a ritual treaty. The blood path