Helen Thomas–Shame on You!

Long-time White House correspondent, Helen Thomas was asked last Friday concerning her opinion of Israel. Her response was that the Jews should “get the hell out of Palestine.” The whole thing was videoed. She advocated sending the Jews back to Poland or Germany… Press secretary Ari Fleischer calls for her resignation: “She should lose her…

Record Rainfall in Israel

I love to see city lights reflected in rain puddles at night. It is so pretty–kind of mesmerizing. I snapped this night before last as we drove home from a Purim party. Record rainfall in Israel last week and this is really greening up the terrain. The place looks beautiful with the early spring flowers…

The Pain in His Face

Life is about pain. The fact that you have it. The fact that you want to relieve it. Humankind’s connection with God is all about eradicating pain. The truth is we are crippled with pain and need crutches. We are wounded and in need of a Healer. But the post-modern, post-Christian world rejects this idea, making…

Susan Boyle: ‘I Dreamed a Dream… ‘

Her angelic voice wowed the judges, the audience, and the world… “I dreamed a dream in time gone by… when hope was high and life worth living…” Overnight sensation and contestant on Britain’s Got Talent TV show, Susan Boyle belted out the famous song from “Le Miserables,” and a star was born! The most compelling…

Security

Fountain in Deidesheim, Germany I just read a blog on the growing uneasiness concerning the–not “state of the union”–rather the state of the world. It was written by a woman in New Zealand, who wakes up at night with a sense of emergency. Times are unstable. People are committing suicide because of the loss of their fortunes or…

We Have Work to Do…

“In Him [Jesus] was life, and that life was the light of men.” John 1:4 Believers are instructed to throw our worries upon the Lord, because He intimately cares about what is happening in our lives. The USA may be facing rough times economically. We certainly are facing uncertain times, not knowing the outcome of…