grafted in and on the journey

Hello Grafted In Reader, Today is Friday, April 20 in my corner of blog land. I want to return to one of the purposes of this blog, and that was to inform us of the Jewish roots of our faith in Adonai. Today, I wish to share a reflection with you from the website by chaim ben torah and hope it will enrich your understanding. Do share with a friend. HEBREW WORD STUDY – PROTECTION FROM THE WORLD – KATHENOTH  ‘OR  כתנכ עור   Genesis 3:7,21:  “Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they realized they were naked; so they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves. (21)  The LORD God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife and clothed them.”  I was reading from the works of Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch, a 19th century Jewish scholar and discovered something I never even considered.  I have read Genesis 3 countless times in my life, I have heard numerous sermons where these verse are quoted but I never stopped to really meditate on what this actually means...

Hello Grafted In Readers, Can you believe we are in the second quarter of 2018? My calendar says today is April 10. By the end of the week, my region of blog land could experience temperatures in the mid 50s. We have had 30-40-degree temperatures much of this month and periods of light snow. Yes, it happens but we are ready for w a r m. Words and Writing I just finished working on a 2,000-word story that grew in length with four revisions and will now undergo a title change as recommended by my editing cohort, Rebecca. It's a remembrance of a college professor, Mr. Paul Whaley, and his impact on my young life. Now, I am considering writing a story based on two words: maladroit and dexterous, two antonyms. The maladroits want to be like the dexterous, but in the end realize they are not and come to terms with that. It's much like some of us wanting to be or do this or that. In the end (whatever time that involves) we realize we can, cannot, will or will not and thus reorde...