To everything there is a season: Sukkot 2017

To everything there is a season… We are in the midst of Sukkot, what Christians might know better from their Sunday school lessons as The Feast of Tabernacles or Feast of Booths.  God gives the directions for celebrating in Leviticus 23. 39 “‘So beginning with the fifteenth day of the seventh month, after you have gatheredContinueContinue reading “To everything there is a season: Sukkot 2017”

Making time for who’s important

365 days in a year, twelve months in a year, 30 days in a month, 7 days in a week, 24 hours in a day, 60 minutes in an hour, 60 seconds in a minute.  We are all given the same amount of time in any given day, week, month, or year.  We all haveContinueContinue reading “Making time for who’s important”

In the beginning…

When this idea entered my head a few months ago, I at first dismissed it at completely insane.  Follow Jewish traditions and customs and holidays for a year?  Why would a Christian pastor’s family decide to do this?  Surely there is no need.  Why make life more complicated than it already is?  Why do IContinueContinue reading “In the beginning…”