Chavurat Derekh HaMashiach
Living the Journey, Sharing the WORD
recent posts
- Ger Toshav, Rahab, Ruth & the Open Door of Isaiah 56 — A Vanlife Reflection
- Shlach L’kha — Seeing the Land, Seeing Myself (and Kenny Sniffing Everything Along the Way)
- When the Cloud Lifts: Traveling With the Light in Parashah B’ha’alotkha
- Carrying Holiness on the Road
- B’midbar — Finding Order in the Wilderness
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Category: Brainstash & Creative Ideas
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It’s interesting how people respond when someone begins exploring something unfamiliar. Sometimes the reaction is warm curiosity… and sometimes it’s sharp, almost reflexive resistance. I’ve seen both. I’ve lived both. And I’ve noticed something over the years — not just in faith, but in politics, relationships, and everyday disagreements: People don’t fight because they’re evil. …
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You ever notice how some people reach for the harshest labels — racist, xenophobic, homophobic, transphobic, Nazi — almost before the conversation even begins? It’s fascinating, really… the way a mind can grab a conclusion long before it ever touches a fact. And when you watch closely, you can see something subtle happening beneath the…
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In fact when you don’t feel God, that’s when he’s strongest, it’s pure faith. That’s where God lives, not in how you feel. Here it is, Brook — a full-length, polished, WordPress‑ready teaching article. It’s structured with clear headers, scannable sections, and a strong theological backbone. You can paste this directly into WordPress and it…
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I came across a post today that really captured something important. I don’t know the author personally, and I can’t speak for his full theology, but the message itself was solid and worth echoing. There’s a lot of noise out there about who the “remnant” is. Labels, denominations, movements, claims. But Scripture gives a simple,…
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Parashah T’rumah continues to unfold the mystery of a God who chooses to dwell among His people, and Part 1 already showed us how HaShem invited Israel into partnership by asking for contributions from willing hearts. The materials—gold, silver, bronze, blue, purple, scarlet, fine linen, acacia wood—were not random supplies but symbols of creation, covenant,…
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Jesus is not pagan. But it’s also not a direct translation of Yeshua. It’s the English form that developed from the Greek Iēsous (Ἰησοῦς), which itself is the standard Greek rendering of the Hebrew name Yeshua. Greek didn’t have a ‘sh’ sound, so Yeshua became Iēsous, and later Latin made it Iesus. English eventually standardized…
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Most Christians love Paul’s letters—and rightly so. But here’s the uncomfortable truth: you can’t fully understand Paul unless you understand what he understood. Paul didn’t have a New Testament. He wasn’t quoting Galatians or Romans. His Bible was the Torah, the Prophets, and the Writings. If a believer wants to grasp Paul’s arguments, his metaphors,…
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Most people don’t know what to do with me when I tell them Kenny and I live out of my van. They tilt their head, squint a little, like maybe they misheard me. Then comes the follow‑up question — “What’s your address?” — and I watch their face do that slow-motion collapse when I tell…
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Parashah T’rumah — Part One: The Mystery of the Dwelling begins in a hush rather than a thunderclap. After the fire and trembling of Sinai, the Holy One shifts from overwhelming revelation to something far more intimate: “Let them bring Me an offering… from every heart that is willing.” It’s almost unsettling in its gentleness.…
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Life with HaShem is shaped not only by the moments of blessing but also by the seasons of struggle that refine the soul. In Yesha‘yahu 38:16–17, King Hezekiah speaks from the raw edge of human frailty, having stared death in the face and discovered the mercy of God in a way he never had before.…
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