Yom Teruah or Rosh Hashanah
This post isn’t going to have a lot of explanation of the holidays mentioned in the title. Maybe in the future I will write about the spiritual significance of Rosh Hashanah (if any), but this post poses a question to ones who celebrate Rosh Hashanah. Why do you celebrate it? We, as believers, are called…
Effectiveness of Israeli Operations in Gaza
The U.N. is in the forefront of condemning the nation of Israel, and are almost the definition of anti-Semitic. Israel is constantly having to defend themselves with troops and missiles, and the have to defend their usage of such things in the following days. It is a never ending process. Hamas or Hezbollah shoots rockets,…
The Ninth of Av (Tisha B’av)
Tisha B’av means “The ninth of Av”. It isn’t just an average date on the Jewish calendar, it is a day of mourning for the Jewish people worldwide. For 2014, the ninth of Av lands on the evening of August 4th and ends on the evening of the 5th. There a long list of tragedies…
Our Previous Trip to Israel in May 2014
On May 17th we started off on our 27th “Holy Land Tour”. This trip was going to be difficult because I did not have my dad with us. Actually, I wouldn’t even have been on this trip if my dad were still around. In December of 2013 he passed away. At that point, he and…
The Palestinian Problem
This post (or really my personal web site) is prompted by what has been happening lately in Israel. I have been bombarding FaceBook with news clips and articles but I feel like other people’s opinions isn’t enough. I’m wanting to post my thoughts about it. It is amazing how little I understood about this place called…