by Jeremy | Jan 12, 2018 | Sabbath Thoughts
I have a Fitbit. I have it because I also have an incredibly sedentary desk job, and I am more than capable of going multiple hours without so much as wiggling my big toe. This is, for many reasons, widely considered by the medical field to be what most professionals...
by Jeremy | Dec 8, 2017 | Sabbath Thoughts
In the zero-sum game, I can’t win unless you lose. I can’t do better unless you do worse. Lots of things in life are zero-sum. Chess. Football games. Dividing an inheritance. Grabbing the last parking spot in a crowded lot. In all of these examples, one...
by Jeremy | Oct 13, 2017 | Holy Day
“Selah.” That word shows up 71 times in the book of Psalms, but we don’t know for sure what it means. It appears to be some sort of musical instruction, and one theory suggests it indicates a lyrical pause in the psalm—an invitation to stop and reflect on what’s been...
by Jeremy | Oct 6, 2017 | Holy Day
Every year, I think I have more time. Pentecost ends, and the Feast of Trumpets seems an impossibly long way away. The days tick on, slowly at first, one after the other, not a single holy day in sight. Ahead of us is an endless expanse of average, everyday life. Then...
by Jeremy | Sep 29, 2017 | Holy Day
I had my first fast when I was six years old. I remember it because of how excited I was leading up to it. I wanted to do this. I was going to do a Special Thing that only grownups did. For a six-year-old, that’s like sneaking into some highbrow club where you...
