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Fluidity of the Canon

I tend to look at our faith and the institutions which have been instated to guide the current generation, as well as the previous generation and the future generation, as a flexible and fluid authority. It always has …
Bipolar Shekhinah: can't decide gender or role

I am reading Gershom Scholem's "On the Mystical Shape of the Godhead: Basic Concepts in the Kabbalah"... and I have reached the 5th chapter, "Shekhinah: The Feminine Element in Divinity" which fascniates me as I am out o…
Reflections on the Damaging of a Soul

Wow, thats a depressing title, but I really don’t know how else to wonder about whats running through my mind. I guess as human beings, we can’t help but touch another soul every day, as long as we’re not one of the d…
I, Hannah speak my heart before my G-D

I, Hannah speak my heart to my G-d “As she prayed before the Lord, Eli observed her mouth. Hannah was speaking in her heart, only her lips moved, and her voice was not heard...'I am a woman troubled in spirit... I have …
Just thinking through stuff...

There's so much going on right now. Here's a blog response I just wrote, but read the Rabbi's blog first: "Perhaps when I think about it, our type of covenant is strange because we see no "physical effects." So let's r…
Davis College Week 4, Day 35: Risking it All

Good Lord's Day all! Another busy week has come to an end-- the begging of exams, quizzes, and the continuation of a lot going on in the semester. Last night my friend Sara (who lives with me) and I were talking abou…
Davis College Week 4, Day 30: I am persuaded of my God

Good evening all! I think right now, I am negotiating with God. I am learning how to trust Him more than I do through the trials He sends in my life, and I am watching to see what fruits of the Spirit will come about…
The Spirit Still Speaks

The Spirit Still Speaks According to the dispensational theology adhered to by Davis College, spiritual gifts such as the gift of tongues are referred to as “sign gifts,” limiting the Spirit’s dispensation of the gift t…
Dividing soul from spirit

What did you first think Hebrews 4:12 meant when you read it? I wonder about the process of Scripture becoming alive to us, especially those of us who grew up in the church. The Bible is a dangerous thing for us, becaus…
My devotions in Galatians 4...

Paul speaks in vs. 4 of “the fullness of time” coming when Christ took on flesh in the form of a man. It makes me wonder, what truly does it mean for the fullness of time to come? Does it mean the people of earth were…