Monthly Archives: July 2016
The Danger of Silence – Matot – July 30
Our communication to one another in the community of the Messiah needs to be handled with care and sensitivity but also with courage and boldness. We read in the book of Ecclesiastes: There is an appointed time for everything. And there is a time for every event under heaven…A time to be silent and a […]
Continue readingTwo Messengers, Two Voices – Pinchas – July 23
One summer during my university days I decided to take a trip across the USA. On part of my journey I was passing through Arizona and I took a day trip into the Grand Canyon. My goal was to hike to the bottom and back to the top rim in one day. This is possible, […]
Continue readingThe Three Weeks
A very central tenent of Judaism is to remember. God commands us to remember in the Torah and the Jewish people have done their best to remember important historical dates, whether good or bad. This is true regarding “The Three Weeks.” “The Three Weeks” have become a time of intense mourning for the Jewish people as […]
Continue readingStand Firm – Balak – July 16
Discerning the truth in our world today is not easy. I don’t know if it ever has been easy to discern the truth from a lie, however, the lines of integrity and absolute truth are becoming more and more blurred by rationalization and deception in our day and age. I see this almost everyday especially […]
Continue readingWalk in the Spirit – Chukat – July 9
After finishing university, with a masters degree in Teaching English as a Foreign Language, I was preparing to teach English in a foreign land. Through a process of research and talking with various friends and contacts I decided to move to the country of Turkey. I had a few different contacts in Turkey and was […]
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