Thanksgiving time is a joyful time of feasting with close family and friends, a special time to reconnect with loved ones sometimes afar off. For some people, however, Thanksgiving is a sore spot, a somber reminder of past hurts…
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Oct 2 2018
Living in the Shadows
The month of October has become synonymous in the secular world with the culmination of Halloween. Everywhere you look death, darkness, destruction, gore, and deception, it is EVERYWHERE! It is in every store you go into, whether a local drug…
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Aug 23 2018
Avinu Malkeinu / Our Father Our King
Shakespeare said, “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other word would smell as sweet.” Well, in the world of Hebrew, Shakespeare couldn’t be more wrong. Words are not just used for communication, words have…
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Aug 2 2018
Sing to the Lord a New Song
Do you have a favorite worship song? I know I do. I have played it out over the years trying to lift my spirits when I’m sad, feeling sorry for myself, or sometimes when I’ve just had a disagreement with…
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