by Jeremy | Mar 4, 2022 | Sabbath Thoughts
I watched a video of a dad sobbing as he said goodbye to his young daughter and wife as they boarded a bus. They were leaving; he was staying behind. Most people are saying the man is a Ukranian father sending his family to Hungary so he can stay behind and fight the...
by Jeremy | Aug 13, 2021 | Sabbath Thoughts
Growing up is hard work. I mean that in the metaphorical sense, but also in the very real, very literal sense. You began your existence as a single cell, which multiplied at an incredible rate until it became trillions—each of them designed by God to go exactly where...
by Jeremy | Jul 16, 2021 | Sabbath Thoughts
Israel spent 40 years in the wilderness on the way to the Promised Land, and it turns out that that Bible gives short shrift to most of those years. It’s not immediately obvious until you pay close attention to the timestamps scattered throughout the Pentateuch,...
by Jeremy | Mar 19, 2021 | Sabbath Thoughts
It’s easy to fall into the trap of thinking that the things we have are worth what we paid for them. They’re not. They’re worth what they can do for us. I love how Seth Godin puts it: When making a choice between two options, only consider...
by Jeremy | Feb 12, 2021 | Sabbath Thoughts
Two weeks ago, I woke up angry with God. I wasn’t proud of it. I didn’t want to be angry. But I was. I propped myself up on an elbow and looked around the room, trying to clear the fog in my mind and reorient myself. I was lying on a couch. My wife was,...
