ADVENT DAY FOUR

He shall judge between the nations, and shall arbitrate for many peoples; they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.Isaiah 2:4 Wednesday, December 4, 2024Isaiah 2:1-11      1 Thessalonians 2:13-20Luke 20: 19-26 We read the wordsContinueContinue reading “ADVENT DAY FOUR”

SATURDAY OF ADVENT 2

Courtesy Getty Images And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars; see that you are not alarmed; for this must take place, but the end is not yet. For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be famines and earthquakes in various places: all this is but the beginning ofContinueContinue reading “SATURDAY OF ADVENT 2”

NOT IN GOD’S NAME

Do not believe you can rectify the past by avenging it. That way you merely succeed in perpetuating the past instead of healing it.rabbi jonathan sacks This past summer I read a book titled Not in God’s Name: Confronting Religious Violence, by Rabbi Jonathan Sacks. Ostensibly, it is an analysis of Genesis, the first bookContinueContinue reading “NOT IN GOD’S NAME”