Jesus did not choose the most Sacred Day on the Jewish calendar – Yom Kippur, the day of Atonement – to enter the City of Jerusalem to make his dynamic statement of liberation. He elected to enter the city on The Passover, the Day of Liberation. Why? Perhaps because it is sin that stops us […]
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Here’s something very important. Jesus read the same Torah Jews and Gentiles have read for millennia. The same Holy books are shared by Moslems. All of humanity has sought from the beginning of time to understand the nature of God, and the relationship of God to human beings. We have all filtered it through our […]
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There are two sides to every coin. The Jewish Hasidic tradition teaches that everyone should have two pockets in their coats with two slips of paper. One slip says: “I am only dust and ashes.” The other, “For me the whole universe was created.” Yes, we come from dust and from dust we will return. […]
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Life can be traumatic. Being a Christian doesn’t change what life throws at us, it simply serves as a guide to how we respond to this roller coaster ride we are all riding on. We have to realize that some of us have more thrown at us than others, even though we all have plenty […]
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You are blessed. Blessed to be alive. Blest to be here with people who love you. People love you even though they know you pretty well. Sometimes it’s an amazing feeling to know we are loved in spite of some of the things we don’t love about ourselves. The Beatitudes from the Sermon on the […]
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