On April 27, Israel commemorated Holocaust Remembrance Day. In Israel, it is a somber day, marked by the 2-minute sound of sirens throughout the country which calls the entire nation to literally stop whatever they are doing and remember those lost in the Holocaust. It is definitely and exclusively a Jewish thing, but are there …
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Happy New Year, friends! No, that didn't come out of left field...today is actually the beginning of a new year on the ancient Hebrew calendar! While most of the world celebrates January 1 as New Year's Day, and Jews declare Rosh Hashanah (Feast of Trumpets) the beginning of the civil new year, God appoints time …
Merry Christmas, dear friends! Over the next three days I invite you to lean in with me to the heart of Immanuel, He who promises to be with us. We'll not dig deep, but will meditate together on the fullness of that special night when Christ our Savior was born. Join me on the journey! …
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As Christians, we will celebrate the most important day of the year this weekend: Resurrection Sunday. Christ is risen, and if that were not true, Christianity would crumble. We base our celebration on the Biblical accounts of Jesus’s death, burial and resurrection, which is succinctly wrapped up in this passage: For I delivered to you as of …
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