“May ADONAI bless and protect you. May ADONAI shine (God’s) face upon you show favor to you. May ADONAI turn (God’s) face to you and grant you peace.” –Parashat Naso (Numbers 6:23-26) One of the most notable aspects of the three-part Birkat Cohenim (Priestly Benediction) is...
Bread and water we shall have. That is implied, for it must be there for God to bless it. "Thy bread shall be given thee, and thy waters shall be sure." With God at our table, we not only ask a blessing, but we have one. It is not only at the altar but at the table that...
Deuteronomy/D’varim 15: 10 You shall give to him freely, and your heart shall not be grudging when you give to him, because for this the Lord your God will bless you in all your work and in all that you undertake. 11 For there will never cease to be poor in the land. Therefore...
Ken is a hero of mine. He is a gifted individual with many talents. I know. I am a teacher who can spot talent. God has given him those talents and it is sad that, because of the cruel “Child Protective Services” in Norway that he hasn’t really started using them until now. I...
Central Verse: God said, “Do what I tell you to do” (Exodus 19:5). Learning Aims Feel: God’s rules help us feel safe and happy. Know: Children will hear the word obey and know that God wants them to obey his rules. Do: Children will identify ways they can obey God. ...
“Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing”, written by Robert Robinson, a British Baptist pastor, in 1757. I grew up singing those words and this hymn was one of the first things that came to mind when I began considering speaking about memorials a couple of weeks ago. The second verse is ...
But I thank God that I am affected in this way. May we never grow so accustomed to the plight of the poor that it no longer bothers us. We live in an imbalanced world. The very fact that I am able to sit at my computer and type these words, and in turn, you can sit at ...
IT is with the above knowledge – hopefully, implanted in the forefront of your consciousness – that the following alert is rated –TOP PRIORITY! Not only is it nation saving advice, but lifesaving. Thus, read it, as is said, chapter and verse. ...
in abut that’s just metone. She genuinely didn’t mean anything by it, so I didn’t respond, but that is the equivalent of my saying “well, I’d rather contribute to my family in addition to caring for my kids,but that’s just me.” God bless social networking, because I get ...
Folk singer Malvina Reynolds sang "God Bless the Grass." Paul Goodman sent a wire from New York expressing outrage at "the vandalism committed by the authorities". Jane Jacobs sent a wire from New York saying universities traditionally have used parks as a cover-story for land grabs in order...