Chuppa

In the heavens he has set a tent for the sun, which comes out like a bridegroom from his wedding canopy, and like a strong man runs its course with joy. Its rising is from the end of the heavens, and its circuit to the end of them; and nothing is hid from its heat.

Psalm 19:4b-6

Dear Friends,

I learned what a chuppa is.

It is a canopy used at a Jewish wedding.

I checked the great authoritative resource called Wikipedia. As I understand it the chuppa is used in the second part of the wedding process. The first part is called…

It Takes More Than A Hammer And Nails

“Everyone then who hears these words of mine and acts on them will be like a wise man who built his house on rock. The rain fell, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on rock.”

Matthew 7:24-25

Dear Friends,

I listened to a song titled “Hammer and Nails”. The song was written by Aaron Schroeder and David Hill. The song was originally sung by the Staple Singers. The version…

Hurricanes

God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore, we will not fear, though the earth should change, though the mountains shake in the heart of the sea; though its waters roar and foam, though the mountains tremble with its tumult.
(Psalm 46:1-3)

Friends,

I just received a phone call from my daughter in North Carolina.

It wasn’t really a phone call. It was more a walkie-talkie call. I have an app on my phone called “Zello Walkie Talkie”. My daughter said the app is supposed to…

Holy Cross Day

Now when the centurion, who stood facing him, saw that in this way he breathed his last, he said, “Truly this man was God’s Son!”
Mark 15:39

Friends,

September 14 is Holy Cross Day. The day originally celebrated the discovery of cross on which Jesus was crucified.

Saint Helena, the mother of the Roman emperor, Constantine, believed she had found the cross. The Church of the Holy Sepulchre was built on the…