*If you are going to make a dessert tonight, you might as well use one of the Seven Species! Ingredients 12 ounces finely chopped pitted dates ¾ cup water ⅓ cup maple syrup 1 teaspoon grated lemon rind ⅔ cup sugar ½ cup butter, softened 1 cup all purpose flour 1 cup oats ¼ teaspoon baking soda…
My gracious God, I bless you that you have given me the eye of faith, to see you as Father, to know your name as Yahweh, to experience your love planted in me; For faith is the grace of union by which I spell out my entitlement to you: Faith casts my anchor upwards where…
BY ROBERT M. GOLDBERG, THE AMERICAN SPECTATOR— Oscar Wilde noted “true friends stab you in the front.” Which explains why President Obama– the self-proclaimed “best friend Israel ever had” — has decided to cut funding for the Jewish state’s missile defense system at the same time he wants to restore funding to UNESCO. (Israel’s best…
BY DEBRA RUBIN, TIMES OF ISRAEL— Think North American campus activism for Israel and chances are you won’t think of a Hispanic Catholic organizing pro-Israel events. Or, of an African American Catholic at a historically black college telling not just her fellow students, but also a Jewish youth group, why she supports Israel. Yet, Stanley…
“In the eternal counsel of God, he has determined to make Jerusalem the decisive issue by which He will deal with the nations. Those nations who align themselves with God’s purposes for Jerusalem will receive His blessing. But those who follow a policy in opposition to God’s purposes will be severely dealt with. Commit yourself…