Tag: church
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Book Views
Read More: Book ViewsBooks are the backbone of who I am. They’ve been my companion for seventy years. They are worth sharing.
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My History of Whole House Fans
Read More: My History of Whole House FansWhole house fans should be part of holistic building solutions in an age when the excess of AI data centers and super-cooled homes feeds our addiction to virtual realities at the expense of created reality.
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In Search of the New Amsterdam
Read More: In Search of the New AmsterdamMost everybody knows vaguely that the Big Apple was once a New Amsterdam within a New Netherland. But that Dutch claim, officially, lasted only forty years (1624 – 1664) before the fledgling city lost its name, morphed into New York and exploded with growth.
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The Farmer Plows On
Read More: The Farmer Plows OnOn an early spring day, the fields spread out, glistening again. The wind is still chilly, with night temperatures around zero, but the sun is gaining strength
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C’mon, Laugh a Little
Read More: C’mon, Laugh a LittleI can’t put this off any longer. The world is in a constant state of turmoil and there may never come a slow week with space for a lighthearted take. But perhaps that’s the point of it — inviting laughter to muscle into our misery.
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Sunday Morning
Read More: Sunday Morningsit still! how could i have sat still when all the colours of the rainbow quite unexpectedly began to wiggle through the church?
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Israel Trip: Jerusalem to Be’ersheva
Read More: Israel Trip: Jerusalem to Be’ershevaJERUSALEM DAY I – Sunday November 17 We woke up early this morning. We had a quick breakfast and left the hotel at 5:45 a.m. The reason we left early was that we wanted to be in Jerusalem before 8:45 a.m., as we hoped to attend the outdoor church service in the garden tomb. In…
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Israel Trip: Joppa to Mount Hermon
Read More: Israel Trip: Joppa to Mount HermonOUR FIRST EXPEDITION JOPPA AND TEL AVIV – Wednesday, November 13 After this second lecture we had a good dinner and around one p.m., we left for our first bus tour. We drove south, back to Tel Aviv, crossing the Yarkon River. First, we drove through Tel Aviv to get some impressions of Israel’s largest…
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Sabbath: Seal of the Covenant
Read More: Sabbath: Seal of the Covenantby: Henry James de JongMay, 1981Institute for Christian StudiesToronto, Ontariofor: Dr. George Vandervelde 1. Introduction. There is, perhaps, no single facet of the Judaeo-Christian tradition that comes closer to the heart of Christian living than does the sabbath. Yet the reality of the sabbath seems largely to have been lost outside of the Jewish tradition.…
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