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Tagged: Feasts of Israel

Wear Red: The Color of Pentecost
Posted on Saturday, May 26th, 2012 | Filed under Uncategorized | Tagged: Feast of the Harvest, Feast of Weeks, Feasts of Israel, Pentecost

A typical Western image of the Pentecost. Duccio di Buoninsegna (1308) Tempera on wood (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Fifty days after Easter comes the feast of Pentecost . For the Hebrews, this is the Feast of Weeks or the Feast of the Harvest. Although Israelites planted both wheat and barley at the same time, barley matured more quickly, and the Israelites reaped …[ read more ]

How Can You See God?

Carol McClain "Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God." Matt. 5:7 I sometimes think this Beatitude dovetails with the first of the Ten Commandments in Exodus 20: 2: Thou shalt not have any gods besides me. And commandment number one segues into number two: do not make any graven image. In today's world, we are making God in our own image. We decide we're pagan or non-heterosexual or not "in love" with our spouse any longer. We tell ourselves our god is fine with this. Our truth supports our feelings. We forget that truth is a… ...[ full story ]

Carol McClain