As a schoolboy, I rode a bus passed a synagogue in Metro-Vancouver. Once, there were little shelters or huts on the property made from...
“No, that’s not ‘yum, kippers’.” That would be a questionable culinary comment concerning smoked herring. Yom Kippur is Hebrew for the...
How can you be motivated to get your life more in order by understanding the celebration of Rosh Hashanah? First, this festival was a...
Does engagement with new and different people make you uncomfortable? What is it about them? Is it their language? Their appearance?...
The significance of the ancient Festival of Weeks, or Pentecost, led us to the events of Acts 2 and the baptism in the Spirit. You may...
The Festival of Weeks is called Shavuot in Hebrew and Pentecost in Greek. As usual, we hear, "What's this got to do with me?" and...
One of my favorites is a thick slice of freshly baked bread slathered with butter and coated with strawberry jam. It just wouldn't be...
"I've read the bit about the Festival of Firstfruits," she said, "but I don't get it – what's it got to do with me?" "Well, let's...
As we turn the page from Genesis to Exodus, we shift forward in time about 400 years. Jacob and his family of 70 or so people have now...
"Read Leviticus 23? You've got to be kidding!" "Well, do you want to learn more about Jesus?" Together, let's enter into and...
How do you respond to people from a group that has caused you pain, loss, oppression, or injustice? As a follower of Jesus, what do you...
As we turn the page from Genesis to Exodus, we shift forward about 400 years. Jacob and his family of 70 or so people have now become...
