Top WORDS of 2023

HAPPY NEW YEAR, FRIENDS! Today is the last day of 2023! Thank you to all who have visited this site and sought to learn and grow as followers of the Creator! I pray that you all have a blessed year to come! This was a momentous year for me and four of my high school… Continue reading Top WORDS of 2023

A Christmas Gift

What a gift to have been given... God, come to earth as a lowly human, not a grand King or a valiant Warrior, but a needy baby born to a poor family. Mary and Joseph were traveling far from home in order to pay taxes to Rome. They headed in Bethlehem, the home of their… Continue reading A Christmas Gift

Revisiting COUNSELLOR

This time of year many of us celebrate the birth of Yeshua HaMashiach (Jesus the Messiah). December is an unlikely time for His actual birth, but regardless of calendar accuracy there's something beautiful about gathering together in the darkness of winter and celebrating His arrival with shimmering lights. The sparkling lights of the Hanukkah candles… Continue reading Revisiting COUNSELLOR

Sheleg: Revisiting SNOW

This week Prince Edward Island has enjoyed some lovely, sunny, snowy days. It's a good time to revisit where and why snow (sheleg in Hebrew) shows up in the Bible. We don't tend to think of the Holy Land as a snowy place, but it did grace the mountains in the North. Today Mount Hermon… Continue reading Sheleg: Revisiting SNOW

Mashal: Telling Stories through PARABLES & PROVERBS

PARABLE/PROVERB: mashal, verb (Strong’s 4911); mashal, masculine noun (Strong’s 4912); m’shol, masculine noun (Strong’s 4914). Root: מָשָׁל Sounds like: m'SHAL (rhymes with hall) According to the Cambridge Dictionary, a PARABLE is a short, simple story that teaches or explains an idea, especially a moral or religious idea.  According to the same dictionary, a PROVERB is… Continue reading Mashal: Telling Stories through PARABLES & PROVERBS