We lived in one of the oldest Jewish communities in Chicago. My faith shifted during those years. Experienced a new vision of self, family, and community that I never saw in the church. Kindled a desire to understand which led to seminary at age 60. I am forever grateful
Swedish pancakes sounds delicious. I’m Seventh Day Adventist, but I feel a lot of guilt in saying that since I don’t observe the way I “should.” For the first time in my life in knowing God I’ve been resting and believing he loves me regardless of what title or branch I try to fall under. While I know following him requires obedience, I find that when we obey or follow we turn into doing things because of tradition and routine. Not sure if this all makes sense or where I’m going with this. But I know these pancakes sound delicious and I know I love Jesus 😂
"The holidays exist for us. We don’t exist for the holidays. We weren’t created to curate the perfect Christmas experience for our kids. We weren’t created to glorify God with the most impeccable table spread for Christmas dinner or the most color-coordinated ornament set on the Christmas tree. Christmas exists for us. Christmas exists to remind us, year after year, that we are deeply loved, pursued, chosen, called." AMEN.
This is what Boxing Day was created for-to make a switch from “our feast” to a shared feast especially with the poor. We do not stop, we share.
I love this!! Thanks for sharing!
We lived in one of the oldest Jewish communities in Chicago. My faith shifted during those years. Experienced a new vision of self, family, and community that I never saw in the church. Kindled a desire to understand which led to seminary at age 60. I am forever grateful
Swedish pancakes sounds delicious. I’m Seventh Day Adventist, but I feel a lot of guilt in saying that since I don’t observe the way I “should.” For the first time in my life in knowing God I’ve been resting and believing he loves me regardless of what title or branch I try to fall under. While I know following him requires obedience, I find that when we obey or follow we turn into doing things because of tradition and routine. Not sure if this all makes sense or where I’m going with this. But I know these pancakes sound delicious and I know I love Jesus 😂
This. Was. beautiful. ♥️
I was delighted to be reminded of dayenu.
"The holidays exist for us. We don’t exist for the holidays. We weren’t created to curate the perfect Christmas experience for our kids. We weren’t created to glorify God with the most impeccable table spread for Christmas dinner or the most color-coordinated ornament set on the Christmas tree. Christmas exists for us. Christmas exists to remind us, year after year, that we are deeply loved, pursued, chosen, called." AMEN.
Such a beautiful post, Sara! So much wisdom here.