Holiday Blessings in Messiah, Holidays of Miracles in December Two holidays coincide this year: Hanukkah and Christmas. Hanukkah begins on the eve of Wednesday, December 25, 2024, and ends on the eve of Thursday, January 2, 2025. This means that the first candle of Hanukkah (an eight-day celebration) will be lit on Christmas night. Christians

Dearly Beloved in Messiah, KIND While prinking (praying and thinking) about God’s Word to us this month, I believe the Lord told me that November 2024, due to the contentious elections in the U.S., would be a month of substantial division, discord, animosity, and possibly chaos. As I write this in October, no one knows

Holiday Blessings B’Shem Yeshua, Yom Teruah: Beginning a Holy Month Yom Teruah (YOHM t’ROO-ah), literally “The Day of Blowing” [of the Shofar] is the first of the fall appointed times, the Lord’s moadim מועדים (moh-ah-DEEM)—special times to meet with the Creator. The Lord said to Moses, “Speak to the children of Israel, saying: ‘In the

Shalom B’Shem Yeshua (Peace in Yeshua’s Name), Elul (Month of Preparation) The month of Elul (אלול eh-LOOL) on the Hebrew lunar calendar begins at sundown on Tuesday, September 3, 2024, and ends at nightfall on October 2, 2024. This month, in traditional and Messianic Judaism, is a time to search one’s heart and draw close

Dear Friends in the Messiah Yeshua, The Sadness of God My desire was to write a very upbeat, joy-filled newsletter this month, but, as much as I tried, I could not escape the persistent impression in my spirit that God is sad. He is looking down from heaven on a world that He so loves

Blessed is the nation whose  God is the Lord, the people He has chosen as His own inheritance. Psalm 33:12 Dear Fellow Americans! Is Patriotism Still Alive? During my childhood, I was a member of a national society known as C.A.R., Children of the American Revolution. This organization, founded in 1895, is the oldest patriotic

Chag Shavuot Sameach (Joyful Feast of Weeks/Pentecost), Words! The month of June is all about WORDS, especially God’s words—the “Ten Words” or “Ten Commandments.” Words are powerful. The Hebrew word for word is d’var דבר (deh-VAHR). The plural is d’varim דברים (deh-vahr-EEM). D’varim can also mean “things,” as if words have physical substance. For example,

Beloved Friends in Yeshua, Musings in May My musings, ponderings, prinking (Jesse’s word for praying plus thinking) began when I found five smooth stones placed randomly on an isolated area of my condominium’s patio (where I have my enclosed garden). It appears that workmen who were using that area left the stones. Why? Only God

  Dear Friends in Messiah, Passover and the Rent Veil The Messiah Yeshua (Jesus) was crucified and rose from the dead on biblical Jewish feast days, Passover and the Feast of Firstfruits (Lev. 23:5-11). At that time, there was no such holiday as “Easter” nor a day named “Good Friday.” What happened? The Roman Emperor

Shalom B’Shem Yeshua, “BUT GOD…” It is hard to believe that on March 25, 2019, my beloved Rabbi Neil Abraham Lash was promoted to Glory. Five years ago! It was Purim that year, and the holiday falls close this year—March 23-24, 2024. I wonder if Neil can see from heaven the present, tragic, historic reality