“If you really keep the royal law found in Scripture, Love your neighbor as yourself,’ you are doing right’” (James 2:8). “Out of respect for the speaker, everyone please turn their cell phones to silent.” Yesterday, I was at a monthly luncheon I attend, and wanted to be respectful of the speaker, so obediently, I…
Does it matter where you pray? Is a prayer at a holy place more powerful? I’m beginning to wonder. After praying at the Mount of Beatitudes, where Jesus delivered one of the most famous sermons of all time, I saw an outline in the sky of what could only be Jesus, or an angel. And…
On our last day in Israel, we needed to find a restaurant before we headed to the airport for our Friday 10:30 p.m. flight, but every Jewish owned establishment in Jerusalem or Tel Aviv closed at sundown because of Shabbat, so we had to locate an alternative. Jewish people in Israel take the Sabbath seriously….
“Consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the Lord will do amazing things among you” (Joshua 3:5) The Jordan River flows from the Sea of Galilee to the Dead Sea. When you step foot into the Jordan, you are wading in extra special waters where God performed some of his greatest miracles. Jesus was baptized by John the…
The water looked ice cold, so I wasn’t sure if I would go through with being baptized in the Jordan River. After all, I don’t like swimming in cold water, and I was immersed years ago in ninth grade. I told the rabbi, doing the baptizing, about my hesitation, and then said confidently, “I meant…