Dear Friends, as of December 13, 2024, this is what Michael heard, “Well done My good and faithful servant.” My heart aches but rejoices that now Michael is free from pain. A beautiful tribute to Michael’s life can be found on Calvaryftl.org/memorialservice

One day I overheard a friend advise a young woman locked in prison that “Your past does not define you”. Her words made me recall the day I was sure I had found the definition of who I was. A punching bag, a convenient target, a scapegoat. You have pent-up anger, need to get out…

Rabbinical Judaism teaches this is what should happen when the Messiah comes: Isaiah 2:1-5 The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem.  And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the Lord’s house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be…

When I first became a believer in Yeshua, I was involved with someone the Lord, as well as my mother (!), were not pleased with. During that time, a stranger came up to me saying she was told by God that she needed to tell me something. She told me about a cartoon she saw…

Abba Father, DAYENU—Your love, redeeming me from a life of destruction and crowning me with Your lovingkindness and tender mercies, would have been sufficient, but You had a special gift for me. Out of nowhere—actually when I was feeling nowhere, in despair with nowhere to turn, came Michael Finesilver. He loved me, Abba, just like…

What do you celebrate? Christmas or Hanukkah?  What do you call yourself? a Jew or a Christian? These are questions I’ve been asked many times over, ever since I heard Jesus call me by name.  I’d like to think the meaningful answer is to ask: Who do you say Jesus is?