This blog is inspired from a conversation I had with a Christian the other day. I was being asked about some of my beliefs by a fairly new Christian or at least one that had just started attending church again. I gave a brief explanation of what a Bnei Noach was and the 7 Laws …
Tag: Jewish
The Two Trees Part 1
Every day we humans face the one thing that distinguishes us from the rest of creation and that is the operation of the one thing we truly own, the only thing we will take to our grave – our choices. There is hardly not a moment that goes by in our life where there is …
Dangerous Thoughts
The Baal Shem Tov is attributed to saying, “A person is where his thoughts are.” There is a set of passages early on in the Torah that is overlooked as instruction and is only seen as part of a story. These passages are given to us by the Creator early on in human history to …
Being Righteous Not Perfect
Proverbs 24:16 “For a righteous man falls seven times, and rises up again, but the wicked stumble under adversity.” As I was taking a walk one day this past winter with my camera taking pictures of the beautiful snow fallen land around me a scripture popped in my head, Isaiah 1:18 “Come now, and …
Returning to G-d
I recently began a journey through Tehillim/Psalms. Along the way I decided that I would journal the words and passages that spoke to me. Helping me in this journey is the 2 vol set of Tehillim part of the Artscroll Tanach Series which is full of information and commentary throughout the ages from the Sages …
The Leaf, The Twig and The Acorn
Yom Kippur 5774, September 14, 2013 was a very beautiful day in the southeast USA. Although I am a Bnei Noach and am not commanded to observe the day as a Jew, I did take some time to do some reflecting. There was a slight breeze blowing and the temps were in the low 70s. …
Read The Fine Print
I have been pondering this for a few days now and have decided to write on this issue. Just the other day while standing in the checkout line in a local craft store I saw standing on the top of a shelf there by the register a Christian cross standing about a foot tall with …
In The Shadow of Giants
I originally wrote this in 2011 Honor, privilege, and responsibility are three words that come to mind when I think about what it means to take on the status of becoming a Ger. What is a Ger you may ask? The word ‘ger’ is the Hebrew word that is usually translated as ‘stranger’; today the …
The Falsehood of Ownership
There are many lies that this world spreads to its inhabitants. So many trails that lead to nowhere, one of these lies and dead end trails is the falsehood of ownership. We work many long hours and years to make money so that we can have a piece of the pie but this pie is …
Got Your Ears On?
“Got your ears on?” is CB/Citizens Band Radio slang for, “Are you listening?” Today the world seems to be in turmoil, there is devastation and harsh violence all around us. Just recent in the USA alone there has been hurricanes slamming into areas where it is not normal; crazed people with guns shooting up schools, …
Emuna Trek 