Do the Work

Do the Work

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...
The Red X Mentality

The Red X Mentality

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...
Ruined

Ruined

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...
Keep Going

Keep Going

You didn’t get it all, did you? Even now, as the Feast ends and we’re allowed to bring things like bread and baking soda and self-rising flourĀ back into our lives, we’re faced with the uncomfortable truth that we missed something. Maybe it was the...
Begin

Begin

When Israel first kept the Passover, it was with the backdrop of a broken, shattered Egypt. God had brought the mighty nation to its knees for the sake of His people, ending years of oppression and captivity in a single, masterful stroke. In years to come, the...