Month: June 2026

So a few weeks ago I mentioned one of my favourite ‘80s movies, Footloose, and so this week I’m going to continue to age myself and bring up another 80s favourite… Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. And it really does age me because this year is its 40th anniversary... which makes me feel very old! Now… Continue reading Sermon: Seeking Righteousness

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

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

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!