My biggest disappointment in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat centers around this part of the story (and another part at the end). I love the Elvis-Pharaoh song: But when it’s Joseph’s turn, he seems to interpret it all by himself. Nowhere in the show does he say “Interpreting dreams is God’s business” or “It’s [...]
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God can tell you what it means
Posted: February 1, 2012 in Orange, YellowTags: dreams, interpretation, Joseph, prayer
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Joseph is down on his luck. He’s in prison for something he never did, and just when there’s finally hope – Pharaoh’s chief cup-bearer is restored to his position and can say a good word for Joseph – nothing. The cup-bearer forgets all about him. I wonder if Joseph thought the cup-bearer would say anything [...]
People are goofy
Posted: January 29, 2012 in Orange, YellowTags: dreams, Jacob, Joseph, questions, Shechem
When I read this story, especially right after reading the Jacob stories that we’ve been reading, here is what strikes me most: These people are goofy. All of them. So Jacob has made it to Canaan, and has been sobered a little by his experience of life. He’s a little less of a traveler, a [...]
Two sides to every story
Posted: January 25, 2012 in Orange, YellowTags: dreams, interpretation, Jacob, Laban, Leah, Rachel
And sometimes, the Bible tells them both. We saw this with the creation stories, and it happens again in Genesis. Today’s reading tells us how when Laban mistreated Jacob and kept changing his wages, God made it all ok because God made the flock only produce the kind of sheep that would be Jacob’s. It [...]
