grafted in and on the journey

Hello Grafted In Reader, Today is Friday, October 25, 2024 in my corner of blog-land. This post may appeal to those of you who observe a reflective time known as Sabbath, or quiet rest and contemplation during some hours between Friday and Sunday evening. In the '90s, pop singers Madonna and Whitney Houston make a brief reference to prayer in two songs by each, respectively. - Whitney prays about someone she has feelings of love for and desire for connection. - Madonna says a prayer in the midnight hour for her love interest. This blog, in its original purpose, was to inform us about the influence of Judaism with regard to Christian practice. Prayer is one of those practices within both faiths. Here is a simple explanation offered by the website: bible.com. TEFILLAH: Which means PRAYER How often do we use prayer as nothing more than an emergency call or a cold call to God? Too often we only pray when we need or want something from God - which is understandable considering the Engli...

Hello Grafted In Reader, Today is October 22, 2024 in my corner of blog-land. The title of this post is from a song originally recorded about fifty years ago, "Someday Soon".  People had stomach aches and other gut issues back then, too. One could view evening network news here in the U.S., and a thirty-minute news program would most certainly have an ad for stomach relief or headache relief. Where I am going with this is a caption below from a recent Mayo Clinic newsletter. Next time you go for your annual checkup, ask the person giving the checkup if they know about organnoids? Growing mini-organs to find new treatments 3D mini intestines grown in a dish, known as "organoids," provide a unique platform for studying the human gut. On the reading front, I just began a novel by Andrew Grealey from 1986, "Angels Of September". He was a Roman Catholic, fiction author, and would weave aspects of his faith and or theology into his novels. It's an entertaini...

Hello Grafted In Reader, Today is Friday, October 4, 2024 in my corner of blog-land.  Earlier today, my memories were somewhat enlivened from the decade of the 1990s. I read a reflection from the "New Life Devotions Archive" that was written during this decade, and I will share below. I think it has some valid, uplifting, considerations for that four-letter word we know as "love". I found this online, so credit goes to the writers and entity that posted this topic. Secure Love We admitted that we were powerless over our dependencies and that our lives had become unmanageable. lrd-secure-love The search for love and permanent security in relationships is deep within all of us. Even though we may be in a relationship where we are loved, we may deeply fear the loss of that love. This is especially true if we’ve been abandoned in the past or had our love betrayed. The Song of Solomon is a love poem dedicated to the girl Solomon loved. He describes a nightmare she had: “...