I recently made a pilgrimage to some of the important places of my youth. I began at the former site of my elementary school gymnasium (now a park) where I vividly remember being inspired to catch and train a hawk after attending a school assembly featuring a Falconer and his trained bird of prey. I then moved on…..
Adam and Eve, like Esau, sold their birth right for some food. They rejected their place as God’s children despite the fact they were the spitting “image” of their Father. They became self-proclaimed orphans and surrendered their inheritance only to be raised by wolves in the wilderness outside Eden. God, grieved by their absence, set in motion one of the most…..