Month: September 2026

Sukkot has begun, so we’re keeping things simple in honour of a time of rest and remembrance. It’s a recap week, so here is the link to the original posting on Sukkot… SUKKOT …and here’s the link to the posting where we revisited the word a few years later: REVISITING SUKKOT I have edited both… Continue reading Sukkot… A Shelter in God’s Presence

A very important Biblical event begins tonight at sundown. Does anybody know what it is? Yom Kippur (Yom=Day, Kippur=Atonement). Yom Kippur begins TONIGHT as soon as the sun goes down. It is the most solemn 24 hours on the Jewish calendar. No work is to be done; no food is to be eaten. It is… Continue reading Sermon: Yom Kippur- Day of Atonement

Keep, guard: shamar, verb (Strong’s 8104) Root: שָׁמַר Sounds like: sha’mawr Last week I did a sermon on Cain’s response to God after he killed his brother Abel. He said to YHWH, “Am I my brother’s keeper?” The Hebrew word for keeper is shamar. This week we’ll take a deeper dive into this word. Here’s… Continue reading Shamar: Being a KEEPER of the Earth

Are you ready for another adventure through the Bible? Today I’m going to be your tour guide and we’re going to take a slow walk through one of the earliest stories in the Bible… the story of Cain and Abel. Or, as my Dad says, we’re taking a slow walk because Abel needed a Cane/Cain… Continue reading Sermon: My Brother’s Keeper