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A Great Good Friday Passover Night

on Apr 11, 2009 in Bible Study, Family Life

Last night we had our little Friday night get together and it was a really good time. We set up the sitting room with no furniture in it and covered the floor with korpatchas, sort of like sleeping bags that don’t open from Central Asia, to sit on. Five families all sat around in our cramped little room (we closed the pocket doors for an extra wall to lean on) and talked about the Passover meal. Everyone had a little something to share, which was cool. Some of us had been to a sedar before, other people had read books, and everyone knew their Bible and was looking to learn a lot and have a lot of meaning in it all. The biggest part for me was hiding the Afikomen. The afikomen is the center piece of the bread in the 3 pieces that are called “the Unity” it is taken out, broken, and half of it is hidden somewhere in the house. I hid it behind the couch while all of the kids were in...

Hospitality to His Rejectors

on Sep 1, 2008 in Bible Study

(if this is a little scattered, I was retrieving Levi a couple times during this writing) There has to be something up with John 6.4 There are a lot of similarities between Jesus feeding the 5000 and the “Last Supper.” Jesus broke the bread and gave thanks and passed it out to people that would thank him for it and then turn on him. The disciples passed it out as he gave thanks, and then, maybe for the first time, compared himself to that bread. He was the bread that came out of nowhere, and the bread that was in such abundance that there were always leftovers. Bread is serious business all over the middle eastern world. Bread/ with salt/ is a symbol of hospitality. Jesus could have fed them many things, but bread says, “you are welcome here with me.” When Melchizadec showed up in Abraham’s life, it was bread and wine. When the Passover was celebrated, the meal hinged on...

Thoughts on John 1:35-39

on Feb 12, 2008 in Bible Study

John 1:35¬† The next day John was there again with two of his disciples. John 1:36 When he saw Jesus passing by, he said, ‚ÄúLook, the Lamb of God!‚Äù John 1:37¬† When the two disciples heard him say this, they followed Jesus. John 1:38 Turning around, Jesus saw them following and asked, ‚ÄúWhat do you want?‚Äù They said, ‚ÄúRabbi‚Äù (which means Teacher), ‚Äúwhere are you staying?‚Äù John 1:39¬† ‚ÄúCome,‚Äù he replied, ‚Äúand you will see.‚Äù¬† So they went and saw where he was staying, and spent that day with him. It was about the tenth hour. <20080207> I was just thinking about this as I went to bed last night and this morning. It is so great that Jesus was free to invite these guys to his house and spend the day with him. He was available. He didn‚Äôt put them off or say, I need to finish this up… or I‚Äôm busy. He also didn‚Äôt tell them ‚ÄúI live at 851 Riverside.‚Äù...