The last month of the Jewish year, called Elul in Hebrew, is upon us. As the last month of the year, and the last month before the High Holidays, Elul is a time of self-reflection, a time to look inward and take mental stock of the year.
September has always been a month of new beginnings for me. When I was a child, school began the first week of September, usually 2 days after the American holiday of Labor Day. When I was in university, classes began that day as well. In Israel, school begins on the 1st of September and for … Read more
Feeling the presence of God in the Land of Israel is something that defies logic. God said that it was His Holy Mountain, and it is still His Holy Mountain. My personal belief is that if God hadn’t chosen Israel, we would never hear of this tiny strip of land on the coast of the Mediterranean! It wouldn’t be fought over, it wouldn’t be contested, and it would never make front page news. And yet it is. An area that is 50 miles wide and 200 miles long is in the news every single day!
Beste vrienden, Ik ben zojuist teruggekeerd van een twee-weekse reis in de Verenigde Staten. Ik ben mijn bezoek begonnen met het bijwonen van de jaarlijkse CUFI conferentie in Washington, die ik al jaren achtereen bezoek. Het is altijd weer heel bijzonder om hier bij te zijn: een samenkomst van christenen uit heel de VS, die … Read more