Even before the time of Christ, Jews would be required to journey to Jerusalem to worship at the Temple for the three high holy days: Passover, Pentecost, and the Feast of the Tabernacles. At those times Jerusalem would be packed with pilgrims from all over the kingdom. It is the … Continue reading
Author Archives: RT
The Perfect Penitent
In the midst of Easter, it would not be unusual for some of us to ask the question, “Wasn’t there some other way? Did Jesus need to suffer and die in order to make us right with God?” Very good question. For a very good answer you need to read … Continue reading
Are you ready yet?
Entering this last week of Lent – entering Holy Week – it’s time to consider, and consider seriously, what God has done for you and me. He loves us so much that he would rather die than go through eternity without us. (I heard that this weekend.) Christ tells us himself what he … Continue reading
Attention: Hippie Wannabes!
One of the top 3 (in my opinion) iconic statement songs of the ‘60s is Joni Mtchell’s ‘Woodstock’. Most people know the version by Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, and according to Wikipedia, it was written based upon accounts of the concert from her then-boyfriend Graham Nash. Like most of you, … Continue reading
The Prodigal Son’s Father
The gospel this week was the parable of the prodigal son. We all know the story – father has two sons, younger son demands his inheritance, the father obliges. Younger son takes it and blows it all on loose women and fast living. Broke, hungry and alone, he decides his … Continue reading
God Forbid!
Spending most of my life on the east coast, specifically New York, and specifically Italian, there are certain phrases that seem to have been around me for as long as I can remember. Now this may not be just an Italian, east coast phrase – but I seem to associate … Continue reading
Happy Lent
We are now into the second week of Lent. Even before I understood what it meant to be a Christian, I understood (or I thought I did) what Lent was all about. It was about giving up something, usually food, which you would miss until Easter when you would be … Continue reading
V-Day Redo
We are such a get it done and move-on society. This week it seemed as if there were so many things happening – cruise ship literally gone viral, manhunt concluded, state of the mis-union, blade runner murder, meteor attacks and the Grammys. We had very little chance to focus on … Continue reading