The story of the Wedding at Cana has long captured my imagination — a son’s reluctance, a mother’s persistence and joy restored, just as it was about to falter. Beneath the familiar surface there also lies something deeper: a picture of divine abundance, of human partnership with God, the beginnings of a ministry that would change the world with the final cutting of an umbilical cord.
WHEN THE WINE RAN OUT: THE WEDDING AT CANA Read More »
Two Temples destroyed, 600 years apart, on the same day. What does this mean to Christians as well as Jews?
Tears over a Temple from 2,000 Years Ago This Weekend: Tisha b’Av Read More »
The Jewish festival of Shavuot and Christian Pentecost are different yet similar…#
What Connects Shavuot and Pentecost? More Than You Might Think Read More »
Here in Israel, – a flourishing garden of Eden – we have just celebrated Tu b’Shvat, the new year for trees that falls on the 15th of the Jewish calendar month of Shvat. It is supposedly spring now, although we had snow flurries just a few days ago. A Garden of Eden I love it
ISRAEL: A FLOURISHING GARDEN OF EDEN Read More »
This year, Christmas and Chanukah actually coincide! So, I got out my Sherlock Holmes spy glass to look for connections between them. I found them by asking how Jesus marked Chanukah.
WHAT DID JESUS DO AT CHANUKAH? Read More »
Sarah – matriarch and prophetess – has come to symbolize motherhood for the whole world. “The midrash present her as a prophet and a righteous woman whose actions are worthy of emulation.”
PROPHETESS SARAH – FIRST OF THE MATRIARCHS Read More »
The story of Hannah’s urgent plea for a child in the Tabernacle at Shiloh happened during Sukkot, or Tabernacles. This 7-day festival has just ended, bringing, along with Simchat Torah (Joy in Torah), the season of Jewish High Holy Days* to a close.
HANNAH’S URGENT PLEA FOR A SON AT SUKKOT Read More »
FREE LIVE TEACHING THIS TUESDAY, JUNE 11TH – SCROLL DOWN FOR INFO! The Scroll of Ruth (Megillat Ruth) will be read into the night in synagogues the world over next week as part of the pilgrimage festival of Shavuot (Weeks), occurring 7 weeks after the last pilgrimage festival of Pesach (Passover), the third such festival
5 Odd Things About Ruth Read More »
Today, by popular demand, Bible Women We Love the Most will explore the stories of two OT women: Sarah and Achsah. You may not have heard of Achsah, yet she was a landmark figure in women’s biblical history. This series so far has looked at favourites Mary of Nazareth, Naomi and Rachel, Noadiah, Abigail, the
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Today we will be hearing about three more of the Bible Women We Love the Most: Esther, Huldah and Jochebed. So far in this series we have looked at favourites Mary of Nazareth, Naomi and Rachel, then Noadiah, Abigail and the Daughters of Zelophehad and, in Part 3, Ruth, Deborah and Jael. Esther, Huldah, and
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