Jemima

On Bread in the Bible

Recently the women of my small church had a weekend away. One of the organisers had suggested we look at the theme of ‘bread’ in the bible, as we were going to stay at the home of a sourdough baker. I was organising the talks and content side of things, and so I looked throughContinue reading “On Bread in the Bible”

Wedding Cards – Four Years On

Over the last few weeks I have been sorting things in our house. One of the projects was a bag of cards from our wedding, some four and a half years ago. I quite like cards, and so I didn’t want to just chuck them out, but I did want to reduce the amount ofContinue reading “Wedding Cards – Four Years On”

Survivor’s Guilt

Some months ago I wrote a post ‘On Envy’. In this I described the guilt that I had felt when having a good thing that some dear friends of mine wanted but lacked. In the months since that post I found myself in a some-what opposite situation. However, God used the things I had learnedContinue reading “Survivor’s Guilt”

On God as Refuge

What does it mean for God to be a ‘rock of refuge’? If I trust God to be this, does that mean that he will prevent bad things from happening in my life? This is a question that myself and a friend were recently discussing. Perhaps you might have wondered the same thing. The ideaContinue reading “On God as Refuge”

On transience

This is a post that I wrote on the evening of Sunday the 26th July, a day and half before my little daughter Ellie passed away. “So teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom.” Psalm 90:12 Last Sunday my daughter was born. Four days later, on Thursday nightContinue reading “On transience”

On Envy

For some months now I have been thinking about envy. Both myself at times feeling envious of others and realising that other people may feel envious of me. As I begin this, I need to say that this post is not intended to be negative, but rather a bemused reflection upon the irony of thisContinue reading “On Envy”

Why Bigvai and Shiphrah?

This is a blog by Robbie and Jemima Nichols, two christians who live in Sydney. We called our blog Bigvai and Shiphrah because for many people these may seem to be obscure names lost in the pages upon pages of people recorded in the Bible. Both of them were members of God’s people, and were evidently knownContinue reading “Why Bigvai and Shiphrah?”