Navigating the Intersections of Faith, Knowledge, and Reason.
NOTE: This is part of a 3-part series. The first is Wandering Through Leviticus Part I, and following this is Wandering through Leviticus Part III. The Priests This week, we dove into our discussion of Leviticus by profiling the Priests making sacrifices. Leviticus Priests were like butchers or surgeons. This is not the modern pastor,…
On Friday evening, our family celebrated our first Passover Seder in our home. We blocked a few hours on the calendar to dedicate to preparing food, setting the table, and enjoying some pre-dinner Passover drinks (which is apparently, a thing). My daughter helped me make coconut macaroons dipped in chocolate, which was so incredibly easy!…
This morning, I spent some time thinking about how to best observe the significance of Good Friday. I could not separate the concept of the crucifixion from immaculate love, so I decided to reflect on love by watching a musical that explores many aspects of love, in all its complexities, corruption, purity, and simplicity—Baz Luhrman’s…
It’s one day before our scheduled Passover Seder and in addition to picking up the few straggling items from the shopping list, we are slow cooking the brisket and making the charoset. Joshua prepared the root vegetables and seasoned the brisket in the morning so it was ready for a long day of slow cooking…