Faith

The first night of Hanukkah fell on Christmas Day this year. It only happens every 20yrs or so (explanation below if you’re curious).I grew up Jewish, celebrating eight days of Hanukkah with little gifts from our parents each day. I still light the menorah in my Christian household as a cultural reminder of mine and my sons’ roots. I also make potato latkes fried in...

If you ask a bunch of people especially in the US and especially in the middle part of the country, why are you a Christian? You’ll probably get a range of answers like “I was raised in the church”, “my parents are Christians”, or “I’ve always been one”. Or maybe you were lucky enough to have had some type of “experience” that seemed supernatural and...

It took me 8 years of going to church and studying the evidence before I became a Christian. I was raised in a traditional Jewish home going to Synagogue every weekend and celebrating all the Jewish festivals but there seemed to be no reason for the rules that we followed. Many of our actions were hypocritical such as following dietary laws at home but not...

Jesus is special not just because his arrival set the start of the Common Era – our calendar used the world over re-started from the time of Jesus’ birth – but it is the widespread impact Jesus has had on all aspects of life independent of religious endeavors. There is no other person in history who has had such a wide impact. Not a religious...

I’m not a Christian because I grew up in a Christian home. I grew up in an Orthodox Jewish home in Leeds, England. We’d probably be considered Conservative Jews in the US. My family still cannot come to terms with my way of life. I’m not a Christian as a way to make some friends. I find it harder in the Christian world where many wives...