The Sabbath That Became Ours
I had asked a friend about honoring the Sabbath and what the Bible actually says about it. I could only recall a handful of ...
Author: iamgesher
Testing Traditions: How I Learned to Weigh Everything Against Scripture
One of the things I’ve always tried to do is look at the history and origins of a belief. Early on, I realized that ...
When My Faith Journey Became Lonely
Sad to say, my relationships started thinning out. I couldn’t share the experiences I was having without something feeling off. Slowly but surely, comments ...
Why I Started Studying Jewish Commentators to Understand Jesus
The deeper I went on my journey, the more I read, listened, and researched. I bought a reference Torah with commentary by a man ...
Discovering the Talmud and Mishnah: When Traditions Raised New Questions
As we built deeper relationships at the synagogue, we began asking more questions. Now that we had friends we trusted, we felt comfortable asking ...
When Our Faith Began to Look Different to Others
As I began studying and researching more about the practices we were learning, my relationships outside the synagogue began to shift, especially with family ...
When God Reminded Me Who Worship Is Really For
After things began to settle, I became a little more accepting. I started going through my list of questions, researching and learning. I realized ...
Why Do Messianic Jews Do These Traditions? My Search for the “Why”
I definitely didn’t want to do things just to do them—like we had with the prayer shawl. I needed to know why. If I was going ...
Finding God in the Synagogue Kitchen: Lessons From Serving at Oneg
As time went on, we decided to get more involved and volunteer in some of the ministries at the synagogue. One of the biggest ...
Should Christian Women Wear Head Coverings? My Journey Through Scripture
One of the other things I began to wrestle with was head coverings. Many of the women at the Messianic synagogue wore them, not ...