by Katie Eacrett | Sep 22, 2025 | Reflections from Israel
As Rosh Hashanah ushers in the Jewish New Year, Shmuel invites us to pause and recognize God’s kingship and loving presence. In this heartfelt message, he explores the meaning of the shofar, the balance between God as King and Father, and a moving story of courage and...
by Katie Eacrett | Sep 8, 2025 | News from the Land
Over 3,700 years ago, the Biblical Patriarch Abraham eagerly returned from Egypt to the hills surrounding Mount Baal Hazor, just north of what is today Jerusalem. There, where Abraham had first built an altar to God in the Land of Canaan, God reaffirmed Canaan as an...
by Katie Eacrett | Sep 3, 2025 | Dutch
Beste Vriend,Afgelopen juni kwam ik een klein artikel tegen, weggestopt op de achterpagina van een krant. De kop luidde: “Hoe verberg je Joodse en Israëlische symbolen tijdens je zomervakantie in Europa.” Eerst wilde ik het...
by Katie Eacrett | Aug 25, 2025 | News from the Land
Biblical Zionism inspired the founding of the first modern community in Samaria just over 50 years ago, and the story of its beginnings reveals much about the early settlement movement. In 1967, in the midst of the Six Day War, Jordan attacked Israel and Israel...
by Katie Eacrett | Aug 19, 2025 | News from the Land
Over 3,000 years ago, in ancient Bethlehem, a wealthy landowner named Boaz spotted a young maiden gleaning from his field. After learning that she was Ruth, the Moabite daughter-in-law of his widowed relative Naomi, Boaz, impressed with Ruth’s generosity and...
