Category Archives: Holidays and Feasts

Pesach: Guarded by His blood

Pesach: Guarded by His blood
Pesach (Passover) comes from pey samech chet. These words can be translated as skip or leap, which is where we get the idea that He passed over (skipped) the houses with the blood. But the words also can mean protect or guard. The Pesach feast celebrates God’s protection for those who placed the lamb’s blood…
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Hope of Advent

Hope of Advent
"The celebration of Advent is possible only to those who are troubled in soul, who know themselves to be poor and imperfect, and who look forward to something greater to come." ~ Dietrich Bonhoeffer Things are not as they should be. There is darkness in our world as well as our hearts. The greater my…
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Elizabeth: the character of a mentor

Elizabeth: the character of a mentor
Elizabeth’s heart had longed for a child and when God miraculously opened her womb in her old age, she rejoiced. In fact, it says her relatives and neighbors all rejoiced with her1. God blessed Elizabeth and Zachariah with a much longed for son, even when she was beyond the age of conceiving. He saw her…
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The Songs of Advent

The Songs of Advent
We celebrate Christmas with exuberant song and praise, which is not unlike the events around Jesus’ actual birth. They, too, were punctuated by song which we have recorded for us in the gospels. These songs are beautiful in their grandeur and magnitude of what they proclaim. They are worth taking in during this season. Here…
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