The new year is a time of repentance letting the old pass away and the new be born. Death and birth are at the center of this tradition and at the center of the rhythm God has prepared for us to experience His grace. “Very truly I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat falls
It’s football season! And this is one of the greatest football movie scenes showing the depth of what often goes untapped in our lives. What does it take to look so deeply and extract so much? What sort of faith must one have to overcome the fear, pain, doubt, and uncertainty? “It is a land
Our lives seem to be dominated by the searching for lost or unknown items. Look at the power and dependency we have on Google. Many of us cannot drive from one place to another without the use of GPS and map software. Is this due to our perpetual state of being lost? Why do we
Today’s reading shines amazing light into the power of a community embracing corporate repentance. At the center of Rosh Hashanah is the shofar or trumpet. This is not a quiet soothing instrument but is designed to awaken, move, warn, and transform an entire community. What is the siren call in your life? This is not
From ‘A Season of Repentance’ https://www.bible.com/en/reading-plans/12652 Where are you? Where have you been and where are you going? An 18th-century rabbi named Shneur Zalman was once asked: “How are we to understand that God, the All-Knowing, said to Adam: ‘Where are you?’ after he sinned by eating the forbidden fruit.” The Rabbi replied, “Do you
You may have heard the old saying that when it comes to retail it is dependent on three things, location, location, and location. In other words if you open up a coffee shop where people cannot find it, it will be incredibly difficult to sell your coffee. But if you have the right location sales
