Bluest Ever The Indian Paintbrushes are jealous of the Bluebonnets, and maybe that is why they riot along the roadsides and highways. Bluebonnets don’t care. They prefer to silently parade across the new sprung grass during their seasonal spell in the spring; and certainly, they do not compete with paintbrush strokes of garish neon orange….
In the Garden Waiting for You
Ever-Increasing Light Sabbaths, Feasts, and More Marking Jewish Themes with Devotion “At the place where Jesus was crucified, there was a garden, and in the garden a new tomb, in which no one had ever been laid” (John 19:41). There are two significant places in Jerusalem that claim to be the place of Jesus’ death,…
Matching Intensity
Ever-Increasing Light Sabbaths, Feasts, and More Marking Jewish Themes with Devotion “Pleasing is the fragrance of your perfumes; your name is like perfume poured out. No wonder the young women love you!” (Song of Songs 1:3 NIV). There came a day when Yeshua visited the home of Simon the leper, and Mary of Bethany joined…
Confessions of a ‘Cosmic Outcast’
Ever-Increasing Light Sabbaths, Feasts, and More Marking Jewish Themes with Devotion “When I consider the heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars which you ordained; What is man that you are mindful of him? For you have made him a little lower than the angels and crowned him with glory and honor. You made him to…
The Weight of Sadness
Ever-Increasing Light Sabbath, Feasts, and More Marking Jewish Themes with Devotion “The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!” (John 1:9 NKJV). Jewish people around the world are preparing for Passover. And the wonderful story of the exodus from…
Where Flowers Crack the Stone
The Irish and Jewish peoples — so much alike. Who knew? “Others have a nationality. The Irish and the Jews have a psychosis,” Irish writer Brendan Behan. If you are casually glancing, the Jewish and Irish peoples seem like polar opposites. But go deeper, and it becomes apparent there are strong similarities. 1) Both have…
Am I the Answer to My Prayer?
Ever-Increasing Light Sabbaths, Feasts, and More Marking Jewish Themes with Devotion “I have heard the prayer and plea you have made before me; I have consecrated this temple, which you have built, by putting my Name there forever. My eyes and my heart will always be there” (I Kings 9:3). All over the world, Jewish…
Strange Hankering
Ever-Increasing Light Marking Jewish Themes with Devotion Sabbaths, Feasts, and More “That He might present to Himself the church in all her glory, having no spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that she would be holy and blameless” (Ephesians 5:2). Recently I bought a new cloth for my dining table. The size I…
Secrets and Revelations
Ever-Increasing Light Sabbaths, Feasts, and More Marking Jewish Themes with Devotion Jewish people around the world commemorate Purim annually on the 14th day of Adar on the Hebrew calendar, and this holiday will fall on our calendar this year on March 11th. According to tradition, celebrations will commence the evening of the 10th. The Scroll…
What Does ‘S-T-R-I-P-P-E-R’ Spell?
Ever-Increasing Light Sabbaths, Feasts, and More Marking Jewish Themes with Devotion “For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after…
Bonnie Saul Wilks 