From: Hope Egan
Close Call
Jennifer seemed to be an answer to prayer. I met her last spring at a church Passover seder-ish event. Eager to share her story with a kindred spirit (me), she wept and explained how lonely she felt, stranded between Christianity and Judaism. She really thought that she was the only person to both believe in Jesus as Messiah and believe that the Torah was for her. She had never heard...
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Coming up for Air
Since Holy Cow! was released nearly 4 years ago, I've been busy. I had my first baby 2½ years ago, and my second one a few weeks ago. Ok, I didn't really have another baby. Rather, I was part of a team that gave birth to another book. After over 6 years of gestation, our bouncing-baby-cookbook finally came out: the What the Bible Says about Healthy Living Cookbook.
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Bloom where I’m planted?
I believe that God wants me to be content with all things, including where I live. But as a new mom living in our city’s “Sodom and Gomorra” neighborhood, I have serious concerns for my son Daniel. Even more concerning to me is the lack of believers in my son’s life. With no believing family on either side, and with virtually no neighborhood believers, our baby’s exposure to godly people...
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Of Church & Steak: Biblical Eating & The NYTimes
“Near a prairie dotted with cattle and green with soy beans, barley, corn and oats, two bearded Hasidic men dressed in black pray outside a slaughterhouse here that is managed by an evangelical Christian.” Does the opening paragraph from August 22’s New York Times article catch your attention? It sure caught mine. Here’s a link to the whole article. I’ve been encouraged by the partnership between Dakota Beef and Wise...
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A Fresh Breeze in the Windy City
When Boaz showed up at our house wearing a SPAM t-shirt, I knew we were in for an interesting evening. Wait--let me back up. In 2000 my husband (Brian) and I embraced the message of Torah. But sharing what we learned was difficult. In fact, most of our church friends thought we were “off the rails” (as one man suggested) for thinking that Christian obedience included the whole of God’s...
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