Month: January 2022

Following nearly 100 years of Syrian occupation and physical exile in Babylon for many Hebrew people, ancient Israel as a nation had a political and national rebirth. The biblical book, Ezra-Nehemiah, is an historical faith record of that national rebirth. Ezra was a priest and scribe (one who cared for the long forgotten sacred texts)…

Taking down the Christmas Tree, packing away the ornaments in their respective storage boxes, and putting away all the Christmas decorations for another year is a very difficult day. First of all, IT TAKES A WHOLE DAY and sometimes spills over to the better part of the next…even without procrastination. Second, it is an emotionally…