On March 17, 2015, Israeli citizens voted in a new governing body to represent the public’s demands and lead the country into a secure and promising future. Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party won a surprise victory … Read More
God’s Call to Abram: Laying Down the Foundations…
“Now the LORD said to Abram, “Go forth from your country, and from your relatives and from your father’s house, to the land which I will show you;” Genesis 12:1 As I wrote in my … Read More
Becoming a Seeker of Truth
How does a small town girl from the Bible belt of America go from being pro-Palestinian and caring more about the “right of return” for the Palestinian refugees than for the rights of the Jewish … Read More
Jerusalem on Fire: Facts, Fiction, & Perspective By M. Rosen
Jerusalem has been burning. Over the past few months, the tension between the Jewish and Arab peoples has intensified and recently hit its boiling point, igniting what many are calling a third “Intifada”, or “uprising”, … Read More
Shavuot / Pentecost
Shavuot / Pentecost On the Festival of Weeks, there are special readings in the synagogue. The portion from the Torah is Exodus 19:1-20:23, the Maftir is Numbers 28:26-31, and the Prophetic passage is Habakkuk 2:20-3:19. … Read More
Reflections on Jerusalem
By Graham Keelan Sitting here at a pavement café under a sweltering heat in Yafo Street in downtown Jerusalem contemplating what to write for the celebration of Jerusalem Day next week, my thoughts are suddenly … Read More
A Heavenly Sign: Part 2
By Graham Keelan *This is the second of a two-part series. To view the first part, please click here Six years before Jerusalem’s destruction at the hands of the Babylonians, the prophet Ezekiel had watched … Read More
A Heavenly Sign: (Part 1)
By: Graham Keelan “And a great sign appeared in heaven” (Rev 12:1) Jerusalem has always been portrayed as the woman-in-waiting; clothed with the sun, crowned with the stars, the virgin bride of God. The time … Read More
“…For Such a Time as This” Esther 4:14b
“For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance will arise for the Jews from another place and you and your father’s house will perish. And who knows whether you have not attained … Read More