by Jeremy | Apr 14, 2023 | Sabbath Thoughts
Before the city of Pompeii was entombed with ash for 1,500 years, it was covered with something else entirely: Graffiti. The eruption that destroyed the city ironically preserved the Latin scribblings of the Romans who lived there—and if that graffiti goes to show...
by Jeremy | Apr 7, 2023 | Holy Day
I almost always make hot chocolate wrong. Those little Swiss Miss packets (or Greater Value packets, depending on where we are in our monthly budget) always say to mix them with 8 ounces of hot water. Do you know how much 8 ounces is? Yeah, me neither. But I’ll tell...
by Jeremy | Mar 24, 2023 | Holy Day
If I’m not careful, my pre-Passover self-examination can take a sharp turn into unhealthy territory. It’s so easy to see the failure. Where I am versus where I wanted to be. What I’ve overcome versus what I’m still struggling with. How much time I’ve had versus how...
by Jeremy | Mar 3, 2023 | Sabbath Thoughts
It’s easy to overlook—mostly because they spend 22 chapters saying some of the most unhelpful, insulting, misinformed things a person can possibly say—but for the span of three verses, Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar are the poster children for true friendship in action....
by Jeremy | Feb 10, 2023 | Sabbath Thoughts
Some weeks, I don’t want the Sabbath. I don’t want to stop. There’s too much to do, or else I’m in the middle of a project I’m excited about. Putting it all down, hitting pause for 24 hours—if I’m being honest, there are times when...
