Park/orchard/forest: pardes, masculine noun (Strong’s 6508). Hebrew Text... פַרְדֵּס First and foremost, Happy Father’s Day to all who are celebrating. I am visiting my parents this weekend and I’m happy to be with my Dad, who has been such an incredibly great supporter throughout my life. I always know that I’ll have his love and… Continue reading Pardes: Tree-filled Paradise
Month: June 2026
Sermon: Almost Paradise
Today we’re going to talk about Paradise. In your mind, what does Paradise look like? When I was 11 years old a movie came out that I became obsessed with. It was called “Footloose”. For Christmas that year I got the Footloose Soundtrack and it was, by far, my most favourite present that year. The… Continue reading Sermon: Almost Paradise
Raga: REST/BREAK/PAUSE/STOP!
REST/BREAK/PAUSE/STOP: raga, verb (Strong's 7280); ma-r'goa, masculine noun (Strong's 4771). רָגַע Today we look at a Hebrew word that indicates the action of stopping, breaking, pausing, resting. We have looked, before, at a similar word: nuakh (rest) which has a much bigger footprint in the Bible. From nuakh we also can read about the noun… Continue reading Raga: REST/BREAK/PAUSE/STOP!