The Sabbath That Became Ours
I began by asking a friend what the Bible says about honoring the Sabbath. I remembered several instructions: to remember and set the day ...
Resources
Testing Traditions: How I Learned to Weigh Everything Against Scripture
Asking Where a Practice Came From
One of the things I’ve always tried to do is learn the history and purpose of a belief or ...
When My Faith Journey Became Lonely
When Sharing Became Difficult
Sad to say, some of my relationships began to feel thinner. When I shared the experiences I was having, something often ...
Why I Started Studying Jewish Commentators to Understand Jesus
Learning From Jewish Voices
The deeper I went in my journey, the more I read, listened, and researched. I bought an edition of the Torah ...
Discovering the Talmud and Mishnah: When Traditions Raised New Questions
Asking Deeper Questions
As we built deeper relationships at the synagogue, we began asking more questions. Now that we had friends we trusted, we felt ...
When Our Faith Began to Look Different to Others
When Convictions Changed Relationships
As I began studying and researching more about the practices we were learning, some relationships outside the synagogue began to feel ...
When God Reminded Me Who Worship Is Really For
Learning to Be Present
After things began to settle, I became more open to learning. I started working through my list of questions, researching the ...
My Search to Understand Why Traditions Are Practiced
Wanting to Understand the Why
I definitely didn’t want to do things just to do them—like we had with the prayer shawl. I needed to ...
Finding God in the Synagogue Kitchen: Lessons From Serving at Oneg
Serving Behind the Scenes
As time went on, we decided to get more involved and volunteer in some of the ministries at the synagogue. One ...
Should Christian Women Wear Head Coverings? My Journey Through Scripture
A Question I Needed to Explore
One of the other things I began to wrestle with was head coverings. Many of the women at the ...