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I am ending this year with some fun. I do not make resolutions because I prefer to follow what God tells me, rather than the things I think I should be doing. I find things I decide to do are frequently are changed by God. However, I know many people who do make resolutions, so I researched how often resolutions are successful. After 1 week – 75% are keeping their resolutions.After 2 weeks – 71%After

Wishing everyone has a happy Christmas and a Blessed New Year. Chris

An update on my writing. After a month of NaNoWriMo, I’m back to work on Jesus Gets Hand-Me-Downs, the story of the shepherd children bringing the Christ Child gifts. Last Saturday, I had the wonderful opportunity to take pictures at the dress rehearsal of a children’s Christmas Program to use as the working cover for the first book of the Jesus Gets Hand-Me-Downs series. If I had written this two days ago, I would have

One Saturday evening, while in Israel, our group was invited to attend the last meal of Shabbat at the home of a friend named Jeremy. He is an orthodox Jew who teaches the Torah. We walked to his home in the Old City of Jerusalem. The entrance is in what looks like a wall on a street too small for a car. There are walls with doors on both sides. I didn’t take my camera

Since we are in the time of the celebration of Hanukkah (ˈhä-nə-kə) (also spelled Chanukah or Hanukah), I think it is fun to look at a distinction between a menorah used in the temple and a menorah used during Hanukkah. Hanukkah is celebrated for eight days starting on 25 Kislev on the Jewish calendar. This year that translates to November 28 – December 6. The Menorah (mə-ˈnȯr-ə) was created under the leadership of Moses according to instructions in