[Every so often, we feature prayer traditions of believers/worshippers from all over the world, if only to prove that no matter how different people’s religious beliefs are, the common denominator is worship of the God they know, expressed in words. The prayers in this Sabbath Liturgy are randomly chosen from the sources listed under the Category: WORSHIP […]
Read more[First posted in 2012, shortly after we started this website. When a visitor clicks old posts, it gives us the opportunity to review it and decide if it is still relevant to our ever-developing current understanding and convictions. This week, Israel is again in the news, battling it out with an old old enemy that […]
Read more[This was first posted February 28, 2013; at that time, I was not aware this anecdote was well known, so well known in fact that when I googled “images of frog and scorpion” I was sure I would not find any that had both creatures in one image that would illustrate the story. Ooops, pardon my […]
Read more[First posted in 2013. This has been a recurring question since our website first appeared on the net. The short answer is this: “Our community (Sinaites) connect with the place of Divine Revelation: geographically, that place is Mount Sinai; historically, that time is recorded in Exodus . . literarily, that “place” is the repository of […]
Read more[Every other Sabbath, we sing our Liturgy; we have no original music of or own; our roots are Christian and we are familiar with their hymnody, so we borrow their music. When the lyrics reflect our belief system, we leave them as originally written; otherwise, we make minor revisions, if not do a total rewrite, […]
Read moreKINDLE THE SABBATH LIGHTS O Creator of all existence, of all things visible and invisible to our naked eye, the Eternal, YHWH, God of Israel and the nations! We welcome Your Presence once again to our celebration of this holy and blessed day, unique and set apart by You Yourself, when You […]
Read moreKindle the Sabbath Lights LORD YHWH, Your glorious sun has set, its light and heat have faded from our vision and our horizon. And yet, just like You Yourself, O YHWH, Light of the World, Who is ever-present in our lives, we know your sun continues to light other parts of our world, even if it […]
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