The first time I encountered holiness—and it was an encounter—I had quietly entered the women’s prayer group that met at Calvary Temple Church in Denver, Colorado on Wednesday mornings. My mom would drop me off at a class and allow me to meet her back in the prayer room. I must have been mid-elementary school…
Category: Tradition
“…Scent of Death…”
“Low in the grave He lay, Jesus my Savior, waiting the coming day, Jesus my Lord…” I sang this hymn on Easter as a child and felt the depth of the words. It depicted the last days and events of Holy Week, the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus. I felt the blueness of the…
Wishing You, Shanah Tovah!
During the Jewish New Year, Jews around the world eat apples dipped in honey symbolizing the sweetness of a new year.
Why Non-Jews Should Care about the Jewish New Year
Happy New Year or Shanah Tovah in Hebrew! Rosh haShanah is the first Jewish holiday that occurs in the autumn and falls on the first and second days of the Jewish calendar, Tishri. Usually, it comes sometime in September or October. This year it begins on the evening of September 20th. The blowing of the…
Bonnie Saul Wilks 