Shavout (Pentacost) “Let’s Party!”
God's Calendar and Biblical Feasts . Shavuot . Spring Feasts . Torah/BibleWe celebrate the Feast of Weeks, Shavuot, also called Pentecost in late Spring. It is seven weeks after Passover. It usually ends up being in May or June. I knew about the Holy Spirit coming down like fire on Pentecost in Acts 2. I didn’t know that this was actually on a special day that
The “F” Words, and The Meaning of Life
Biblical Living . Day in the Life of a Big Family . Family . For My Children . Katie's Ramblings . ParentingRecently, I went with my father to a doctor’s appointment. At a certain age, it becomes a standard part of your exam to do a memory test. During the memory test the doctor asked my dad to list seven words that started with the letter “F” in less than a minute. I quickly came up
Understanding God’s Calendar
God's Calendar and Biblical Feasts . Spring Feasts . Torah/BibleThis morning my children and I discussed the calendar, and I couldn’t help but get excited. Let me explain. When we do our morning calendar for school, we look at two calendars. The first calendar is the one most Americans use, the Gregorian Calendar, and the second is what we refer to as the Biblical
Preparing for Passover/ The Lenten Season in the Holiness Church
God's Calendar and Biblical Feasts . Spring FeastsIn the last week, more than once, someone asked me about preparing for Passover. They were not asking about my Spring cleaning, but about preparing Spiritually as a family. I thought I would update a post I wrote last year, and add some resources I have enjoyed using over the last 30 years with our
Sometimes I like to take a passage of Scripture and write it out in a way that makes more sense to me. Today, I was pondering Ecclesiastes 3. It is on my mind because I feel like I am in everyone of the “times” all at once. So, I thought I would share my journaling
Jeremiah 24:5-6 This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: ‘Like these good figs, I regard as good the exiles from Judah, whom I sent away from this place to the land of the Babylonians. 6 My eyes will watch over them for their good, and I will bring them back to this land. I will build them