by Jeremy | Jul 1, 2016 | Sabbath Thoughts
I know a couple who owns a piece of furniture from the Civil War. The Civil War. It was a huge milestone in the Lallier household when our Walmart-brand cabinet survived an entire year of use without disintegrating into a heap of pressboard and plastic hardware. I...
by Jeremy | Jun 17, 2016 | Sabbath Thoughts
The rubble was silent now. Earlier in the day it had been a temple, the scene of a raucous party where the lords of a wicked nation had gathered to gloat over the defeat of their enemy and offer a sacrifice to their god. Now those same lords were dead, crushed in an...
by Jeremy | Jun 10, 2016 | Holy Day
From a calendar perspective, Pentecost is an odd duck. It stands a good distance away from the hustle and bustle of the initial spring Holy day season. Passover and the Days of Unleavened Bread are preceded by a flurry of intensive cleaning and meaningful...
by Jeremy | May 27, 2016 | Sabbath Thoughts
Even now, it’s there, waiting patiently in the corner of your screen. Waiting for you to get tired. Waiting for you to lose interest. The red X. It isn’t always a red X, of course. Depending on your operating system of choice, it might be a sideways...
by Jeremy | May 6, 2016 | Holy Day
The other day, a friend and I were talking about marking our Bibles. We’re both terrible perfectionists, so we were lamenting how easy it is to feel like we’ve ruined a Bible. I don’t know about you, but if I misspell something in a margin or if my...
