In her book, Judy shares her eye-opening failure. She managed to rally enough support to get an apartment and furniture, etc. for a homeless woman. Instead of helping the woman, it drove her back to drinking. . . .
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A Rabbi's Journey to Heaven
“I found death to be as beautiful as birth.” Felix Halpern compares his death to a birth. He said that each are generally preceded by pain, then followed by joy.
Halpern also described death as . . .
Read MoreIn Light of Eternity
At a women’s retreat, years ago, the speaker asked, “In the light of eternity, does it really matter?” She was attempting to get us to let go of offences and move toward forgiveness. I took her advice and forgave . . . .
Read MoreTransformed Beauty
Lori was caught in a spider web of drug addiction and prostitution. Every time she tried to make a move, she became more entangled. Not that she was trying to free herself; she thought life was great. Yet, the pallor of death was upon her face. Photos from . . .
Read MoreSermon on the Mount
Moses climbed the mountain with two tablets of stone for God to write on. The Ten Commandments on those stones was God’s summary of the Old Testament Law. The Sermon on the Mount in Matthew 5-7 is basically a restatement of that Law, seen through the eyes of grace. Jesus climbed the mountain . . .
Read MoreJacob was Created; Israel was Formed
Jacob (Father of the 12 tribes) was created, but Israel was formed (transformed). Our patriarch, Jacob, wrestled with God by the brook called Jabbok. There God changed his name to Israel. You can review the story in Genesis 32.
I see in this a picture of our regeneration in Jesus Christ. It foreshadows the “born again” experience. Jacob was created, as we all are, . . .
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