grafted in and on the journey

Hello Grafted In Readers, Can you believe that half the month of January is now behind us? Time doesn't speed up but it seems to as we age or remain active. I found a quote in The Guardian digital news service online that is worth some thought: Let’s all be better, without trying so hard to be perfect Eva Wiseman Ms. Wiseman is a columnist who writes in The Guardian lifestyle section. This is but a snippet from a recent essay written by her on making changes each new year. Since our last visit, I have been busy with writing, playing piano for two local restaurants two evenings a week, and a Sunday brunch, and am now revising the 2017 publication, Waiting For Messiah, available on Smashwords in its original form. The revision will be imagined accounts of people from the Bible time or life waiting for Messiah. I may re-publish this in several months. My memoir, "Homecoming: A Memoir" is currently on special via a public coupon through March 2019. https://www.smash...

Hello and Happy 2019 Grafted In Reader, Why is this blog here? -BLOG EMPHASIS IS ON ENCOURAGING AND SUPPORTING ONE ANOTHER ON THEIR JOURNEY OF FAITH IN YESHUA OUR MESSIAH, LIGHT OF OUR WORLD, REDEEMER AND CHIEF RABBI. --PROVIDING THE OCCASIONAL VERBAL SIPEYR - SAPHIRE, A PRICELESS TREASURE TO SPUR ONE ON IN THEIR LIFE. -ENCOURAGE DISCOVERY THAT "THERE IS NO FREEDOM WITHOUT THE LEARNING OF THE TORAH." This first week of the new year may have us thinking about changes we want to make in our life: exercise more, eat less, engage with others, support something, retain health, on and on until ad nauseum. Personally, I am doing abdominal crunches at least three times a week, eating more fiber content, reading a book a month, honoring commitments to my wife, family and writing forums, and retaining my gigs as a freelance writer and pianist for a couple local restaurants. One of my email subscriptions is to the newsletter produced by My Jewish Learning. I encourage you to gi...