I recently returned from a visit to New York City, the city of my birth, and after Jerusalem, the city of my heart. I love the place. And even though I myself came to Yeshua-faith in that city more than fifty years ago, I can say that in general the good news of Yeshua is […]
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Here at Interfaithfulness, we help people navigate the intersection of the Christian and Jewish worlds. Often this means handling frayed or even broken relationships, building or repairing bridges, and as we say in our Friends and Family Workshops, Making Peace, Bringing Peace, and Being Peace in all of these contexts. In dealing with such matters, it is […]
In Isaiah 54, even at a time when she is facing disciplinary judgment, God compares Israel’s final destiny to a tent. We read this: [1] “Sing, O barren one, who did not bear; break forth into singing and cry aloud, you who have not been in labor! For the children of the desolate one will […]
Antisemitism is like a black mold that infests the foundations of Western civilization. Under certain conditions, that mold activates, and the spores spread, and sometimes the stink is impossible to ignore. Such was the case this past week with the neo-Nazi/alt-right demonstration in Charlottesville and the murder of Heather Heyer. And now the spores are […]
As currently conceived, this blog is a depository for more "crunchy" thinking and writing than my other on line venues, including but not limited to reviews of books I am reading. Currently, my reading is in the service of a book I am writing, Show Me The Way To Go Home, which will process life experience […]
I am an enthusiast for Jewish people embracing the more Jewish Jesus (a.k.a. Yeshua) as Messiah. Most of the Jews I have known, family, friends, and the public at large, will find this to be a distasteful, or offensive, or even outrageous statement. I don't blame them, because the way the significance of Yeshua is usually […]
The other day a good friend asked me to succinctly state what my niche is--what it is I am and do. Thinking for a moment I realized that I am essentially a peacemaker serving Jews and Christians seeking better relationships with each other and with God. I have been doing this for fifty years, and the […]
You will have to imagine this brochure folded, so of course the first thing you will see is the right hand panel just below here, then the second row of panels, and then come back and read the left and middle panels just below. It's a little clumsy to read it this way, but I […]
Two rabbis recently wrote an opinion piece in Christianity Today stating that Yeshua and his disciples did not observe a seder, and that Christians insult Judaism when they incorporate the Passover meal into their own worship gatherings. You may read their article here. But below is my response to this article. If you read the […]
What follows is the beginning of the first chapter of Converging Destinies. It is my hope and expectation that many of you will want to be early adaptors--the first in line to tune in to the insights and paradigm I am advocating. As mentioned, this is just the beginning of the first chapter of the book. […]
