Hey, can I come and play with you? Can I be part of your gang? hey, why don’t I get invited to those parties? why… I’m a child at school and I’m in the non-popular majority in my class. We all know that there is a small group of cool people who regard themselves as [...]
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Dear Gentile Christians
You are my brothers and sisters in the faith, and I love you as brothers and sisters in the Messiah. I just want you to understand that sometimes you hurt me unintentionally, because you’re not aware of what it’s like to be in the place where I am. I will not hold it against you, [...]
Daring to show
Showing people
something you made
something you found
something that means something to you
so risky
so worth it when they see.
Live dangerously or you won’t really live
Life is scary. People do things that hurt you. You talk to someone and share precious feelings and get a response that makes you feel like they totally don’t get you, they don’t understand where you’re coming from, or they don’t value your feelings, and you think: why did I bother… The temptation, after this [...]
How are you?
How are you, you ask me, and I say: I was fine last time I looked. You probably think I’m joking, but I’m dead serious – you see, the answer is deep inside me, and I can’t keep looking in there all the time or I’ll get nothing done. And I don’t think you actually [...]
The No Entry sign is gone – halleluiah!
In the beginning of Leviticus 16, God makes it clear to Aaron that he is not free to enter “the holy place inside the veil” whenever he likes, “or he will die”. God gives instructions as to how Aaron should enter – bringing the appropriate animal offerings, wearing the appropriate “holy garments”, and having washed [...]
Stop doing what? and what for?
Still ruminating over the Sabbath question – been chewing over it ever since I recently found that I’d got the wrong end of the stick about the concept of “work”, and that the original instruction in the Bible was not just “avoid hard work and have a rest”. (see the P.S. in my recent post [...]
Hearing doesn’t mean understanding
but sometimes that’s all you can do. A friend, or a stranger, or… it doesn’t matter who. A fellow human being who needs to share something of what they’re going through, something of their struggles, their pain – they can’t always articulate it. Pain doesn’t always fit neatly into coherent sentences. I’ve been told I’m [...]
Yes, I’ve been having a lovely Sabbath
Being Jewish means that whatever you do, there will always be some fellow Jews who think you’re not observant enough, and some who think you’re way over the top. I’ve been having a lovely, relaxing day today. A quiet day in. My husband’s been out so I’ve had the house to myself and I could [...]
Why would such a nice idea stress me out?
I was at an interview last week and one of the questions I was asked was: what sort of things stress you out? The next day I got a good example of that by email. I’ve been accepted to go on this course, the first session is a whole day on a Saturday (I already [...]
