SHABBAT! Every Friday afternoon it seems my entire sense of being shifts…. It shifts from the mundane to the holy because I know that the window of Shabbat is slowly opening and fresh air is beginning to circulate in the recesses of my cluttered brain cells. Brain cells that have been inundated with the chaos of the world, the never…
Remember that old ‘Beatles’ song…. “Yesterday~ All My Troubles Seemed So Far Away” Well, that old song from Paul McCarney back in 1965 kept circling around the phrase I heard from a wise Jaffa in in an old sci-fi movie the other night. That phrase was: “Draw from your past, but don’t let your past draw from you” As my…
The recipe for the week – is one that is close to my heart. In fact….really close, since my lungs are in the same place. And that is why I raise my own mullein and then dry the leaves and create tinctures. Mullein is probably the ‘go to’ herb for all things respiratory. After filling a quart size mason jar…
Yes, Shabbat has come to the midwest and I for one, say “YEAH”!!!!! If you don’t know what I’m talking about, then you’re simply missing out on one of Yahweh’s greatest blessings. This is the time when I gather my thoughts and put them on the shelf. It is a time when I sit down at my kitchen table, light…
So, what’s your recipe for PEACE? In a day and age where chaos seems to be the theme of the day, what gives you a sense of calm? For me…it’s pretty much what’s listed on the meme. So in order to achieve PEACE, I think on the things that warm my heart (my blessings: kids and grandkids and my pup),…
This Torah Portion is titled “BO” – which means “come“. When you read the first verse it reflects the title.It says: “Then the LORD said to Moses, ‘[Come] to Pharaoh, for I have hardened his heart” (Exodus 10:1). This portion reiterates the happenings of the ten plagues, focusing on the devastating tenth which was the slaying of the firstborn. Then…
Sometimes….you just have to share. .I’ve been having a hard week with my health … but not as bad as last month. Anyway … last nite I couldn’t stop praying and begging .. yep … begging the Holy One to answer my prayers to heal my body. And yet again…didn’t not really getting any answers. Sometimes, silence is really not…
It is time…especially with a new year fast approaching…to take stock of our lives and consider whether or not a change is needed. Ask yourself these questions: Are you happy with where you are at in life? Do you desire more in your life? Do you think you can change certain things? Are you willing and determined to succeed in…
The night before Christmas and all through the house…. not one light was blinking nor mistletoe hung…it was all quiet and still in the house. WHAT? Have you become a GRINCH? Are you out of your mind? You don’t celebrate the most beloved holiday ever known to man? The crowd roared with disbelief! With eyes that twinkled and a dimple…
Yep….so true. Everything that happens in your journey here on this side of the time realm….is all about perspective! How’s that you say? Well, how you view something, is how you will approach it. If you view something that happens to you as catastrophic…or devastating..than you will possibly sink into despair or depression. Falling into this trap and having this…