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4 years Latter: Faith, compasion, and Obience

It is hard to believe, but four years have passed since the war in Ukraine broke out. We all remember how it started. We remember the first images: long lines of refugees, mostly women with children, standing in the freezing cold at the Polish border. We remember the fear in their eyes — fear for their husbands and fathers who stayed behind, fear for their homes, fear of the unknown future. Those images are forever etched in our hearts. Yet within that tragedy, there was also

Marek Pasnik

Feb 242 min read

Beyond sight

When you look at a Jewish prayer book, you'll find many prayers focused on returning to the land of Israel. These prayers were written centuries after the Jews were exiled, during a period when the possibility of returning seemed almost impossible! Imagine a Jewish family during the Middle Ages gathered around the Passover table, ending their meal with the prayer: "Next year in Jerusalem." At that time, the city had recently been seized by the Crusaders and later by the Musli

Marek Pasnik

Jan 103 min read