On Saturday our congregation celebrated Simchat Torah (the Joy of Torah). One might ask why believers in Messiah would celebrate the Torah? The answer is quite simple. Jesus is the Living Torah. This year was the second time I participated in this joyous occasion. But I’ve got to tell you, this year was better! For […]
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The Day the Sukkah Came Down
On Wednesday, as the festival of Sukkot was drawing to a close, I started looking at my schedule and wondering when I was going to take down the sukkah. I also wondered when it was ‘kosher’ to do so. So I asked my Father for wisdom and started searching the internet for answers. Turns out […]
Sobering Thoughts in the Midst of Joy
Those who subscribe to my newsletter know they are privy to thoughts and insights that I don’t normally share on this blog. However, the more I thought about the subject of this last week’s newsletter, the more I feel it needs to be out in the open and discussed. So I hope my subscribers understand […]
Sukkot – A Weekend of Joy
Sharing the joy of dwelling in a sukkah is made sweet with the fellowship of mishpocha – family! Saturday and Sunday evening, we had lots of fellowship with the family of God. Everyone came with a decoration in hand to add their own special touch to the sukkah. After all, it is a family sukkah! […]
Rejoicing in Sukkot – Sabbath Joy
Who would have thought the joy of Sabbath could get any better? But under a sukkah, with good friends, the joy is multiplied! Angelina and I were joined on Friday night by the Seiger family. As previously mentioned, I asked guests to bring a decoration for the sukkah, because they are not guests but family. […]
How to Build a Sukkah – Time to Decorate and Enjoy
I hope you don’t mind that this week is focused on sharing our sukkah experience with you. It is something I would encourage everyone to participate in, whether building your own or joining someone in theirs. As we learn in Zechariah, all nations will be called to come before the Lord on the Feast of […]
How to Build a Sukkah – Sukkot 2014
There is only one thing needed to build a sukkah – love! Love for God and love for man. It is that love that put together my first sukkah. Today’s post is more a photo journal, but since we know pictures speak volumes, I will let the photos do the talking. So let’s start at […]
Torah Keeps Our Love Alive
“God’s Torah is His Spirit and His heart in writing. When we walk in Torah, we are walking in Him.” – Rabbi Matthew Salathe. Yesterday was Yom Kippur, the High Holy Day, the Shabbat of Shabbats. And I was struggling to enter into God’s rest on this most holy day of the year. You see, […]
Learning From Our Big Brother
When ‘Elyon gave each nation its heritage, when he divided the human race, he assigned the boundaries of peoples according to Isra’el’s population; but Adonai’s share was his own people, Ya‘akov his allotted heritage. – Deut 32:8-9 God made all the families of the earth. Out of all of them, He chose Israel to be […]
Same God, Same Commandment, But?
This week I attended a bible study where the discussion centered on loving as God loved. One of the participants said it wasn’t possible to love as God loves. Another piped up that it is possible, because Jesus told us to do it. She kept insisting that it was simply a matter of obedience to […]