It’s SHROVE TUESDAY! This day gets its name from the word “shrive” meaning “to absolve” and marks the last day before the liturgical season of Lent, which is observed by an overwhelming majority of Christians during the 40 days preceding Easter. Like the Feasts of the Old Testament, it too is a prefigure of the […]
Tag: spirituality
Don’t Take the Bait. Just Wait.
Psalm 16:7-9 says, “The way you counsel and correct me makes me praise you more,for your whispers in the night give me wisdom,showing me what to do next.” When I awoke this morning from my dreams with God, I realized I could not call them to mind as clearly as I always have been able […]
The Bathing Beauty: Bathsheba
Behold, you desire truth in the inward being; therefore teach me wisdom in my secret heart. – Psalms 51:6 Among the genealogies of Jesus is a reference to one of five women who had a remarkable impact on the Messiah’s coming. One such woman is never recognized by her own name, referred to always as […]
How do you call it? Wisdom?
“I will do what you have asked. I give you a wise and discerning heart…” 1 Kings 3:12 I can still recall hearing for the first time as a little girl the story of young King Solomon and his request for Wisdom. ‘Course now we can all ask for Wisdom and in fact we have […]
(Guest Blog) The Man Who Wanted to Be Poor By Sudy Rosengarten
Art by Adele Steinberg Reb Eliezer Lippe trudged along the familiar path deep in thought. The buckets he carried brushed against the foliage and swung back hard against his sides. AThough people in the synagogue pitied him, he felt no shame bird perched on his shoulder, whistling for the crumbs that it knew would […]