On the Road with Ruth is about the journey of a Believing family that discovers the Hebrew Roots of the Faith.
Just as Ruth purposely decided to follow Naomi and say "your people are my people and your God is my God" vs 1:16. Our family has decided to follow this path.
So come and partake of the journey with us. Let us travel over the desert, through the Jordan and into the Promised Land.

Welcome

Thank you for stopping by today. Come, wander around and enjoy the journey with us. If you have any questions feel free to ask.

Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Purim

Purim is this weekend.  Purim is a day of celebration commemorating the day lots were cast to decide to kill all the Jews in Persia and how Esther (Hadassah) put her life on the line to save her people.

It is a day that children dress up like Queen Esther, Mordecai, or Biblical people.  You make Hamantashens (cookies), retell the story of Esther, play games, etc.  When telling the story everyone boo's when Haman's name is mentioned and cheers when Mordecai and Esther's name is mentioned. It is a fun and festive day.


You can get the DVD teaching and book to better understand the Book of Esther and how today there are still "Haman's" in the world and our lives.
http://store.torah.tv/browse.cfm/4,2348.html

Chag Samach

Sunday, February 7, 2010

Jonathan Settel Live in Concert for Purim 2010

If you live in or near the Metro Denver Area please come to a free concert. 


Jonathan Settel Live in Concert for Purim 2010
Friday, February 26 - Special Latino/Spanish Concert - 6:00 PM
Saturday, February 27 - Sabbath Service and Concert - 8:00 AM; 9:30 AM

STBM International Center

19697 E. Smoky Hill Rd.
Centennial, CO 80015
Phone: 303-841-4840

1-866-TORAH-TV 1-866-867-2488
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Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Sorry about the delay in updating the Torah portions.  They are finally up.

Friday, December 11, 2009

Happy Chanukah

      Today at sunset Chanukah starts and lasts until Sat. Dec 19th at sunset.  Let us light the first candle and remember what these days commemorate.  The battle to not assimilate, to stand up for God and take back what the enemy has taken.  This happened in the physical during the Maccabee's time, but it happens to all of us in the spiritual all the time. 
     During this Chanukah season, let us pray for Israel and what is happening to the land and people.  Lift up  the IDF soldiers that watch over the country, their modern day Maccabees.
     Also pray for our soldiers in the Middle East.  If you know any by name be it either IDF or US, each night when you light a candle, pray for a soldier.  If you did that every night you would cover 36 soldiers in one week. 
     Chanukah is known as the Festival of Lights.  Yeshua is the Light of the World.  Remember as you use the Shamash (the Servant) Candle to light the rest, that it is by Yeshua's light that our light shines.  Did you ever realize that when the candles are lit, you pay no attention to candle, only the light.  May that be us.  That people don't see us but Yeshua in us.
John 12:35 Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you: for he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth. 36 While ye have light, believe in the light, that ye may be the children of light. These things spake Jesus, and departed, and did hide himself from them.
     It is written in the Bible as the Feast of Dedication.  Because it was on Chanukah that the Holy Temple was rededicated to the service of the Lord.  Let us rededicate ourselves to the service of the Lord.
John 10:22 And it was at Jerusalem the feast of the dedication, and it was winter. 23 And Jesus walked in the temple in Solomon's porch.

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Current Events

Keep in touch with Israel.  I will post current events in the "Happenings for" section when I hear of them.  It may be an Israeli artist, speaker, exhibit and more, happening in the Metro Denver area or sites to go to.   Stop by, as they change often.

Thursday, October 29, 2009

My Desert Journey, cont'd

       When I was in the world, I loved to dance and I believe it was a God given gift. So I started to take Hebraic Dance at the Synagogue. I got to use the gift He gave me for Him. This was awesome.
       During this time I met my husband and we got married under the Chuppah, which we borrowed from the Messianic Synagogue.  It was a Hebraic Wedding of sorts. 
      Due to my husband being in the Military and transferred to Kentucky, I moved there.  We were now in the Bible Belt and not a Messianic Synagogue in sight.  It was hard to find a place of fellowship.  But my stay didn't last too long there.  My mother, whom I left behind in our home, became ill and I had to go back and take care of her. 
      My time in Kentucky was fruitful as I was now pregnant.  Even though I came home due to my mothers illness, my husband of 4 months is 2000 miles away, and no car (in Kentucky), I did get to attend my Church and have fellowship again.
     My husband got out of the Military and was driving home (cross country in December in a Bug).  It happened to be during the coldest spells in Colorado we had when he drives up and then only about an hour later the house next door starts going up in flames.   We took in our neighbors while they called relatives.  Everyone got out safely but the house was gone.
   
     After the birth of our firstborn son we wanted to buy our house to raise a family.  We finally found one 50 miles away in the country and moved when I was 8 months pregnant with our second son.   Trying to go to Shabbat services and church every weekend was a bit much so we had to pray and decide where we were to be.  The Lord had us continue fellowship at the synagogue.  However in the winter even that was trying.  So we tried to see about a fellowship locally.  We ended up at this little Baptist church.  We felt this is where the Lord wanted us for now.
     While attended we got to share the Passover every year during Easter.  I was involved with the children's ministry and shared a little of the Hebraic Lifestyle during Sunday School.   But the main reason I believe we were there is for one lady.  She was married to a Jewish man and didn't know how to share her faith in Jesus with him.  You never know where God is going to lead you.  I felt, just as if I were the only person alive Jesus would have died for my sins, we were there for this one lady. 
     Over the 3 years we had 3 different Pastors.  At Easter time we invited everyone to a Passover Seder Demonstration at the Church.  Unfortunately there was only one person besides the Pastor and his family.  When we got to the story of when you open the door to check for Elijah (Rabbinic Tradition), it happened to be dusk. We shared at this time is when Mary went to the tomb to annointed Jesus' (Yeshua's) body.  Well needless to say that put a bug in the Pastors ointment, and as he was going to be the Pastor from then on, we knew we would be shut down in sharing the Hebrew Roots of the Christian Faith.
     
      So back to driving the 100 mile round trips into the city.  After awhile it didn't seem all that bad and was well worth it.  Shortly after attending regularly the the fellowship started a Yeshiva.  We immediately signed up the oldest 3.  It was wonderful they were taught Hebrew, Torah & Brit Chadashah.  The classes were one day a week so homeschooled as well as Public school children could attend.
     The Yeshiva grew and the next year we had to move it to the building where we worshiped.  We share a church with a Sunday meeting church.  As it grew they added Speech, Music, PE, HomeEc, Leadership and more.  In Drama they put on Fiddler on the Roof, the Sound of Music, and Israel: the People, the Promise and the Land.
      It is such a blessing to have the Yeshiva because our children would grow up knowing their Hebrew Heritage.  Our oldest graduated and had his Bar Mitzvah (2 years of other studies on top of Yeshiva and PS).  Our second child does sound for the Children's Ministry and was just asked to co-lead the preteeners. 
  
   I have had the opportunity to go to Israel twice, once with my husband and once with eldest.  Both times were so awesome.  And I would go back in a heartbeat.  I loved everything about it.

     Well that is where we stand today.  If you would like to see some of the teachings we get please go to http://www.torah.tv/