I originally published this article in 2018 and updated it in 2021. I'm republishing it ten days into what some call the YK2 war (Yom Kippur 2) as it began…

Israel is in the field of vision of practically every nation on earth, either in admiration or disdain, and they can't resist… or take their eyes off her. The resurrection of…

(An excerpt from the memoir I wrote for my kids) Go Dog Go was one of my favorite books as a boy, and it was so fun reading it to…

(An excerpt from the memoir I wrote for my kids) Theodicy is a composite of the Greek words theós (God) and díkē (justice). It means “the justice of God,” “to…

(An excerpt from the memoir I wrote for my kids)I touched on this idea in the chapter about "The Long Burden." That issuing from our suffering and despair are cries…

A mentor once told me that I'd be the same person I was then in ten years, except for the people I met and the books I read. St. Paul…

"I do not think that many Jews would object if the Messiah -- when he comes -- is the Jew Jesus." David Flusser, professor of religious history at Hebrew University…

When we moved to Jerusalem in the Autumn of 2016, we were vaguely familiar with Isaiah's description of Jerusalem as a furnace (Isaiah 31:9), but it wasn't until we lived…

In 2004, I (Jimmy) was in a men's group and received a copy of a book by Steve McVey called "Grace Walk." It was the story of a burned-out Southern…

Last month, two of the most significant earthquakes in decades rocked Central and Southern California. I was with my brother and his family during both earthquakes. They were long and…