1.0About Beliefhttps://www.euroresidentes.com/euroresiuk/about-beliefBryan Rippinhttps://www.euroresidentes.com/euroresiuk/about-belief/author/bryan/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="bal6QJyYjb"><a href="https://www.euroresidentes.com/euroresiuk/about-belief/space-for-spiri/">Space for the Spirit</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.euroresidentes.com/euroresiuk/about-belief/space-for-spiri/embed/#?secret=bal6QJyYjb" width="600" height="338" title="«Space for the Spirit» — About Belief" data-secret="bal6QJyYjb" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> https://www.euroresidentes.com/euroresiuk/about-belief/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2012/08/sermon-space-for-spirit.jpg700525  Readings – Haggai 1: 15b-2:9 Luke Ch.20: 27-38   1. Haggai is one of the twelve minor prophets huddled together for warmth at the end of the Old Testament. They have less of the apocalyptic gloom of Ezekiel, the fierce morality of Amos or the stern hopefulness of Isaiah, but they ARE prophetic, they are about the disappointment of God and the possibilities of forgiveness and renewal and  can be read through Christian and contemporary eyes, which we must always do when reading the Jewish scriptures.   Haggai’s prophecy is a tiny book, only two chapters and a profusion of