Dear Children of Light! The Lights Converge in 2016 The holiday season for Jews and Christians is special this year. The first night of Hanukkah, the Festival of Lights, is December 24th, 2016: Christmas Eve. Each year as we light the middle of nine candles (the shammash or servant candle), we reaffirm our dedication to

Dear Mishpocha (Family) in Yeshua, Giving Thanks in Zion We deeply appreciate your prayers for us as we go up to Zion this month (Nov. 6-17, 2016) on Mercy Mission 2016. We are thankful for the privilege and blessing of being your representatives in the Holy Land. Your love gifts go with us. Your prayers

High Holy Day Greetings in Yeshua, A Holy Month All three fall feasts, appointed times or moedim (mow-eh-DEEM), given by God to His People, occur this year in the month of October. That makes the month of October an especially “holy” month, according to God’s calendar. We see it as a month of three R’s: Repentance, Redemption,

High Holy Day Greetings in Yeshua, A Holy Month All three fall feasts, appointed times or moedim (mow-eh-DEEM), given by God to His People, occur this year in the month of October. That makes the month of October an especially “holy” month, according to God’s calendar. We see it as a month of three R’s: Repentance, Redemption,

“For You are my hope, O Lord GOD… By You I have been upheld from birth; You are He who took me out of my mother’s womb. My praise shall be continually of You.” (Ps. 71:5-6)   Introducing our first grandchild, Liam Jacob Lash. Liam means “Strong Protector.” 8 lbs; 19 inches Born on Aug. 4, 2016 at 1:27

Shalom Mishpocha (Family) in Yeshua, Parables (משלים) of Messiah Last month we discussed the parables of the Tanach (Old Covenant Scriptures). We mentioned that the parable, mah-SHAAL in Hebrew, was a method of teaching very common among the rabbis of Yeshua’s day. While the Messiah did not invent the mashal, He is the only teacher of parables

Shalom Mishpocha (Family) in Yeshua, Parables משלים :Old and New Our topic this month is fascinating, but somewhat complex: Parables. The use of parables in teaching is unique to rabbinic literature and the New Testament. Jewish literature at the time of Yeshua contains nearly five thousand rabbinic parables. When Yeshua spoke in parables (meshalim, meh-shah-LEEM

Dear fellow journeymen, More Jewels From My Journey On the fortieth anniversary of my “born again” experience, I wrote a series of “jewels” from my journey. They were published in our October 2013 newsletter (available on JewishJewels.org). On June 10, 2016, I will be celebrating my eightieth birthday, so I decided to share a few more of

Dear Beloved in Yeshua, Life Cycle in Hebrew Thought This month’s topic has been on our hearts recently as God has made our family acutely aware of the cycle of life and its various seasons. The Jewish roots of our faith in Messiah go deep into our appreciation of life. We have all heard the toast, “L’Chaim,”

Passover Greetings in the Lamb, our Redeemer! With a Mighty Hand… We were slaves to Pharaoh in Egypt, and the Eternal, our God, brought us forth from there with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm (based on Deut. 5:15, 6:21, 26:8). [Avadim hayinu l’Pharaoh b’Mitzrayim. V’yotsiaynu Adonai Elohaynu mi-shaam b’yaad chazaka oo-vizroah n’tooyah.] This statement is