Numbers 15:38 Speak unto the children of Israel, and bid them that they make them fringes in the borders of their garments throughout their generations, and that they put upon the fringe of the borders a ribband of blue: This command was given on the heals of event that had the whole congregation of Israel …
Luke 9:23 And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me. What does it mean to take up your cross? Seriously? In the western Greco-Roman church mindset, what does that statement even mean? We don’t crucify people these …
Torah – Genesis 37:1-40:23 Haftarah – Amos 2:6-3:8 Brit Hadashah– Acts 7:9-16, Revelation 12:1-17 Last week's parashah (VaYishlach) was loaded! Its hard to summarize everything that was presented in the account of Jacob's (now Israel's) return to Haran to be with his father. But the prominent event in my mind was the wrestling with the …
Torah – Genesis 32:4-36:43 Haftarah – Hosea 11:7-12:12, Obadiah 1:1-21 Brit Hadashah– 1 Corinthians 5:1-13, Revelation 7:1-12 In last week's parashah (Vayetzei) we are told how Jacob fled from his brother Esau and went to Haran to find Rebekah’s family and to hopefully find a wife. On his way there, God appeared to him …
As I encounter people I often get asked "Where do you go to church?" The grimaces that I receive in return as I explain that we don't go to "church", but that we have a home fellowship that we host are often hilarious. You can almost see them squirming in their skin as I attempt …
Torah is Light 