“The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom and the knowledge of the holy is understanding” Proverbs 9:10. If it is so simple, why is my life so complicated? Because I am not still, knowing God. Time is one of the things that seems to make me the most restless. The simplicity, minimalism, essentialism movements are very attractive to me because I long to slow down. I believe less is more, yet I continue to restlessly seek the…
What eternity will be like is very interesting to me. Which isn’t saying much. What Christian would find that topic irritating? However I have developed a specific theory of how it will work. It will not be a continuation of life as we know it here. But that idea is also nothing surprising. The Bible tells us that eye has not seen nor ear heard the things that God has prepared for those who love him. So what can we…
I need a reminder today that Jesus is the coolest person this world has ever known. And I know that I am not the only one. Here are some of the ways Jesus was cool. Check Him out with me Popular I hesitate to use the word popular because it is so misused. Fashionable cliques in school are the minority of students who are often disliked by majority. But Jesus was truly popular. Crowds followed Him everywhere even by the…
Last summer my family went camping overnight in a new place. It was a mosquito-ridden sportsman’s paradise, and we were thankful to be offered a bunkhouse. The kitchen was full of miscellanea, so for breakfast the next morning we started the dried hash browns soaking in the coffee pot. Later we decided to start herbal tea and were stuck with a skillet to make it in. But it worked. And it was a hilarious reminder that the systems and practices…
Here are 7 tips that helped me as I have studied Hebrew and Greek. If I had studied the more traditional methods, I would not be half so far along as I am now and may easily have giving up. 4 Thou Shalts My husband and I have explained to our daughters that hearing, seeing, speaking and writing are tools to remember things for school. And it is the same for language learning. There are the four main skills used…
Biblical ĺanguage resource list Hebrew Alef-bet Every Hebrew learner has to begin with the alef-bet. I found a number of alef-bet charts online that I used to determine my preferred style to write the various letters. Later I changed the way I wrote a few letters to a style that was easier to write well for me. Having an alef-bet song is also very helpful. There are many on youtube, but the one I liked best was this simple Alef-bet…
As schools moved to distance learning, I asked my youngest daughter if she would like to spend some of her new ¨free¨ time studying a language of her choice. I didn´t know what was in store for me. She said Hebrew. I was delighted. Eagerly, I pulled out an unused children’s Biblical Hebrew curriculum that I bought years ago. I quickly found myself learning alone as she didn’t have much free time after all. Also her interest wasn´t as…