Category Archives: Holidays and Feasts

Precious Lamb

Precious Lamb
We marked Lamb Selection Day on Sunday (Palm Sunday), the day when ancient Jews were instructed to choose a lamb to be slaughtered for their family on Passover. But Passover comes four days later, meaning the lamb was to live with the family during that time. That seems really odd to me. Why this strange…
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New Day

New Day
I’m a morning person. I enjoy getting up and starting the work for whatever the day holds. It’s a new day, fresh in all that can be accomplished. By the end of the day, I tend to notice not what I did, but what I didn’t do. A task unfinished, a conversation missed, not eating…
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Hanukkah Light

Hanukkah Light
Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.” John 8:12 Hanukkah coincides with Christmas this year, which is a delightful collision of traditions. (It was just two years ago that it coincided with Thanksgiving.) Hanukkah…
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Approaching God

Approaching God
Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the year for our Jewish friends, represents the one day of the year that the high priest could enter into the Holy of Holies and say the name of God. God wanted to live with His people, but sin was in the way. This God, who is so holy,…
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