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  • Learning to Love: Day 13

    Pilgrimage Archaeology He dug in the earth; troweled, plowedAnd troweled until the earth turned raw, hot,Until the ground grew red and growled,Disturbed ’til he found what he sought. He dug ’til his eyes turned stone-dry,His own hands chapped and cracked… Continue reading

    Learning to Love: Day 13
  • Learning to Love: Day 12

    When You Seek God When you seek God with your whole heartFor what you want to know,He gives no stone in place of bread.What you ask, He will show.Do not inquire of rocks for help.They are not self-aware.Do not consult… Continue reading

    Learning to Love: Day 12
  • Learning to Love: Day 10

    Resurrection Had you not lived the perfect lifeTo die for our sins through Your strifeThen risen from the dead,Oh where would mankind be instead?Every deed and everything would beNothing more than vanity.No sun nor moon in its full scopeWould we… Continue reading

    Learning to Love: Day 10
  • Korah: Our Negative Example

    The Torah portion I will cover in this post is Korach (Korah), scheduled for June 20 this year, the Biblical passages cited at the top of this page. In Korach, we have the rebellion of Korah and his followers, their… Continue reading

    Korah: Our Negative Example
  • Learning to Love: Day 3

    To Know My Lord Let me see Your complexion,Every freckle, every hair of Your face,Every curl of Your head if it is curled,Every twinkle from the deep eyes of grace.Let me remember the curve of Your chin,Your nose, Your cheeks… Continue reading

    Learning to Love: Day 3
  • Messiah: Sent on Your Behalf

    The portion of Scripture I will cover in this post comes from the parsha reading Shlach L’kha (Send on Your Behalf), which was read this year according to schedule on June 13, 2026. The Torah portion covers the first spying… Continue reading

    Messiah: Sent on Your Behalf
  • When You Set up Your Light, Follow His Instructions

    This portion covers some more instructions for the menorah, setting apart the Levites, for observing the Passover if you were unclean at the actual time of Passover, for how Israel followed the Shekinah through the wilderness, instructions for the silver… Continue reading

    When You Set up Your Light, Follow His Instructions
  • Restitution, Jealousy, Vows, and Blessing

    The next portion of Scripture in the reading schedule is Naso (Take), which was read this year on May 23. The Scripture is cited above for your convenience. I suggest you look at the Scripture first before reading my post,… Continue reading

    Restitution, Jealousy, Vows, and Blessing
  • I’ve Been Through the Desert with a Lion Who’s Named

    This portion is called B’midbar (In the Desert), and it was read this year on May 16. Don’t worry, I will catch up! This portion covers the first census of Israel, the substitution of the Levites on behalf of the… Continue reading

    I’ve Been Through the Desert with a Lion Who’s Named
  • The Day of Atonement, the Goats, and the Crimson Thread

    I am super excited to get into this next Parsha, which is a double portion, Acharei Mot (After the Death) and K’doshim (Holy People), which was read in synagogues for April 25 this year. Jesus, as Messiah, not only fulfilled… Continue reading

    The Day of Atonement, the Goats, and the Crimson Thread