Fire on the Mountain The festival of Shavu’ot superimposes the giving of the Spirit in Jerusalem over the giving of the Torah at Sinai. The two events are forever inseparably linked. SHAVUOT Sundown until Daybreak of Pentecost. On that day at Mount Sinai, there was wind; there was lighting; there was thunder; there was smoke; […]
Author: WakingEve
The Pendulum Promise
When I started my journey of faith with the Lord, it began with a promise. I cried our from the pit and he heard my cry. I had cried out before, but this time was different. This time I was ready to believe. This time I was ready to give up doing things my way. […]
The Carpenter’s Son
Is not this the carpenter’s son? – Matthew 13:50 For a man that is not given to say much in the Scriptures (indeed, Joseph is not recorded in any of the Biblical texts as saying anything), he is certainly a man that has much to say to us even today. A wise person knows it […]
Celebrating 70 Years of Zion, Praying the Psalms and Anti-Semitism, Still?
Recently, I had the great honor of participating in a Priestly Blessing over a house of worship at which I minister frequently, and I was delighted at the conversation the priest brought up regarding the Hebrew traditions and the Christian faith. It was his belief that until a Christian comes to an understanding of the […]
Divine Mercy in the Omer
How beautiful is the gift of divine mercy falling in the weeks between Passover and Pentecost? The Lord already has given us so many gifts in the gift of his dying and resurrection and the fulfillment of the scriptures, yet here he is once more, pouring forth his goodness in divine revelation! And it’s not […]