by debracelovsky | Nov 27, 2024 | Thanksgiving
To prepare for our nation’s 250th anniversary, I have been reading Benson Bobrick’s “Angel in the Whirlwind: The Triumph of the American Revolution.” At 495 pages, it’s taking awhile to finish—and it is not a book to hurry through. Maybe...
by debracelovsky | Nov 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church. Tertullian, 2nd century Not long before Jesus’ arrest in the Garden of Gethsemane, the Gospel of Matthew (20:20-23) records a conversation between Jesus and Salome, the mother James and John. Jesus had recently...
by debracelovsky | Sep 9, 2024 | Summer
God does what seems best to him, which is, therefore, best. George Rawlinson, British scholar and Christian theologian It was going to be a wonderful summer, the kind of summer we dream about in the middle of February—sunshine, grandkids in the pool all afternoon,...
by debracelovsky | Apr 8, 2024 | Dads, Family Life, Moms
I’m not sure I want to bring any more children into a world like this. You may have heard these words—or even said them. I have traveled several times to Israel and, within hours of landing at Tel Aviv Airport, we always travel south to a kibbutz near the...
by debracelovsky | Mar 31, 2024 | Lent/Easter
Read Matthew 28:1-10 This blessed day dawns. When you read the gospel accounts of resurrection morning, there was a great deal of traffic back and forth to the tomb. The women, the disciples. Confusion, disbelief. I particularly enjoy reading where the women first...
