Shalom,The coming Sunday night is the first light of Chanukah.  There is still time to prepare, but time is short.  Chanukah is the feast of dedication, also known as the festival of lights.  Jan and ...  Read More

Shalom,Psalm 40:15 Let those who seek my life to sweep it away be put to shame and humiliated. Let those who wish me evil be turned back in disgrace. Verse 15 is a prayer unto the Lord.  In it is one ...  Read More

Shalom,Psalm 40:13 For evils beyond number surround me, my sins have overtaken me—I cannot see—they are more than the hairs of my head—and my heart fails me. 14 Adonai, please deliver me! Adonai, come...  Read More

Shavuah Tov,I continue a series prompted by Veterans Day, which was observed on November 11, 2025. On this date, I hope you remembered our heroes, living and dead, who have served or are serving and p...  Read More

Shabbat Shalom,In our prior meditation we focused on gratitude and humility as keys to experiencing God’s favor. Let’s look at the other side of this reality: pride hinders knowing Father’s favor. It ...  Read More

(Early) Shabbat Shalom,Psalm 40:12 Adonai, do not withhold Your compassions from me. Let Your mercy and Your truth always protect me..  The Hebrew starts with “Atah YHVH” meaning “You are the Lord.”  ...  Read More

Shalom,Psalm 40:11 I did not hide Your righteousness within my heart. Rather I declared Your faithfulness and Your salvation. I did not conceal Your lovingkindness and Your truth from the great assemb...  Read More

Shalom,Psalm 40:10 I proclaim good news of righteousness in the great assembly. Behold, I am not shutting my lips—Adonai, You know!  The Hebrew Scriptures have a word for “the Gospel,” and here it is....  Read More

Shalom,Psalm 40:9 “I delight to do Your will, O my God. Yes, Your Torah is within my being.”  David is writing, but the Lord, Yeshua, is speaking.  Surely every verse of Scripture is a “life verse” fo...  Read More

Shalom,Psalm 40:8 Then I said: “Here I am, I have come—in the scroll of a book it is written about me.”  Rabbi’s note: Significantly, these few verses of Psalm 40 are quoted in Hebrews 10:5-9.  The wr...  Read More

Shavuah Tov,Jeremiah 29:11 “For I know the plans that I have in mind for you,” declares Adonai, “plans for shalom and not calamity—to give you a future and a hope.”In my last RR earlier this month, I ...  Read More

Shabbat Shalom,Gratitude is an essential aspect of humility’s foundation. Humility opens the door for increased favor. A nuance of charis is thankfulness.Sinners love (agape) those who love (agape) th...  Read More