WORD STUDY – HE WILL RETURN – ושׁב

by | Jun 22, 2016 | Devotionals

Deuteronomy 30:3:  “That then the LORD thy God will turn thy captivity, and have compassion upon thee, and will return and gather thee from all the nations, whither the LORD thy God hath scattered thee.” Rabbi Solomon Ben Isaac was an eleventh century grape grower and...

WORD STUDY – SUCCOTH – שׁכת

by | Jun 20, 2016 | Devotionals

  Job 1:9-10:  “Then Satan answered the Lord and said: Doth Job fear God for naught?  Hast thou made an hedge about him, and about his house and about all that he hath on every side?  Thou hast blest the work of his hands and his substance is increased in the...

RETURN TO THE ABBEY EPILOGUE PT. 2

by | Jun 19, 2016 | Devotionals

I recall a story an old rabbi told me when I told him I as studying Hebrew.  He looked at me and asked why I would wanted to study Hebrew.  I told him I was a Bible College student and one day I hoped to preach and I wanted to be able to preach from the depths of the...

RETURN TO THE ABBY EPILOGUE Part I

by | Jun 18, 2016 | Devotionals

My third journey into silence ends.  I am enjoying my last meal here at the Abbey.  I look around and there are not as many of us here as there was at the start of this retreat. Perhaps they never intended to stay more than a day or two. Perhaps they just could not...