by Jeremy | Apr 21, 2023 | Sabbath Thoughts
Speaking of the formation of stars and solar systems, astronomer Carl Sagan once wrote, All of the rocky and metallic material we stand on, the iron in our blood, the calcium in our teeth, the carbon in our genes were produced billions of years ago in the interior of...
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....
