From Tim, a long time reader and supporter: Since I have few words to speak but many tears, I need you to petition our brothers and sisters for prayer to The Almighty. The petition is for grace and mercy of a miracle healing. My wife Brenda and Me learned Friday morning that she has a…
Just something to get you into “flow” today.
In 2017 I will be lecturing on the new ship, Viking Star, with Viking Ocean Cruises. I will be on the ship from October 26 to December 7 during three cruises. Each cruise goes to the same ports but in different directions since the cruises go from Rome to Athens, Athens to Rome and then…
[The following is a chapter from a book I wrote some time ago. I am debating publishing it. Your comments will be helpful.] CHAPTER TWO The Beast When I kept silent about my sin, my body wasted away through my groaning all day long. For day and night Thy hand was heavy upon me; My…
Human trafficking. We’ve heard about the problem but few of us see a real human face in this nightmare. Now I have. On my last trip to Singapore I met a woman from Indonesia. A few years ago she lived in Jakarta, was married and had a young child. Her husband left her. Without support she…
I recently completed several lectures on the Hebrew idea of ‘ezer kenegdo. In every location, people in the audience found it difficult to accept the possibility that Adam named the woman with a word that means “serpent.” More than once questions were raised about this derogatory naming, especially since the text suggests that the meaning…
For those of you going to Israel with Bob and me in August, I have a great surprise. Rabbi David Fohrman is planning to come to the hotel in Tel Aviv on the evening of August 10 to speak with us. I can’t tell you how excited I am about this. Tentatively we are planning…
OK, we have decided. We will do a safari in Africa in 2017. The dates on safari are August 1-6, 2017 at the Africa On Foot site in South Africa. Anyone attending can also join us for Shabbat and teaching on the weekend prior to flying to the camp. This a a long way off,…
